2.7 Limitation of Small Group Discussion.
According to Harmer 2001:118-119 the limitations of group discussion are: 1
It is likely to be noisy. 2
Not all students enjoy it since they would prefer to be the focus of the teacher’s attention rather than working with their peers.
3 Individuals may fall into group roles that become fossilized, so that some
are passive whereas other may dominate. According to Kozma, Belle and Williams 1928:235 the limitations of group
discussion are: 1
It is very unreliable. 2
Apart from the times it may become aimless or boring. 3
It is usually haphazard even when done well. 4
A significant amount of class time is required to maintain the group.
2.8 Traditional Model
Jacobsen 1989:221 states that when a teacher uses the traditional setting, or model, she begins with an objective and presents primary instruction. It is most often
presented in the form of lecturer, textbook readings, teacher led discussions, or possible combinations of any these procedures. He also said that the traditional
setting is just with rows of desks and teachers’ desk at front. So, the writer concludes here that in the conventional teaching model, the students focus all attention upon the
teacher and discourages communication among students. This might be ideal when teacher is presenting a lesson to entire class, but students at the rear of the room tend
to be physically separated from the teacher and are most likely to be the ones causing problem.
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CHAPTER III METHODS OF INVESTIGATION
This chapter is divided into eight sub sections. They are: 1 subject of the study, 2 the experimental design, 3 procedure of experiment, 4 statistical design,
5 instrument, 6 method of analyzing data, and 7 method of reporting the result.
3.1 Subject of the Study 3.1.1 Population and Sample
Gay 1987:102 states that the population is the group of interest to the researcher, the group to which she or he like the result of the study to be generalize.
The population of this research was the tenth grade of SMA Walisongo Pecangaan Jepara in the academic year 20062007. There were seven parrarel classes; X.1, X.2,
X.3, X.4, X.5, X.6, and X.7. On the average, each class had 30 students. All of them were given the same materials in teaching and learning process. Moreover, they were
chosen as the population of the research based on some reasons, those were: 1.
The students were all in the same grade. 2.
The students were relatively in the same grade. 3.
The students had been studying English for the same period of time. So, those seven classes were considered parallel.
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