CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presented to describe methodological activities to examine the teaching of descriptive reading text through Contextual Teaching and
Learning. This chapter concern with research setting and subject, research design, and research procedures.
A. The Setting and Subject of the Study
This study is conducted at SMP Bakti Mulya 400 Jakarta. The school is located at Jl. Jl.Lingkar Selatan Pondok Pinang Kebayoran Lama, South
Jakarta. The research started from August to September. This school is chosen as the field of the study because the writer has
teaching learning experience during teaching practice- Praktek Profesi Keguruaan Terpadu PPKT, so the writer knows the real condition of this
school, and the writer can identify the problems in teaching reading more enjoyable. Secondly, the writer suggests that innovation is needed in
improving students’ reading comprehension for the better quality of school. The writer selects the second year of 8-3 class which consists of 23
students in the 2010-2011 academic years as the subjects of the study. This class is chosen based on the interview result with the English teacher and the
observation that this class faced some problems in reading. In addition, this
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class must get 70 score to fulfill the Minimum Mastery Criterion- Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal KKM in English lesson.
B. The Design of the Study
The design of this study is classroom action research. The study of classroom action research indicates as a process in which teachers investigate
teaching and learning to improve students’ learning problems.
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To find out students’ learning problem, Mils stated that “action research is any systematic
inquiry conducted by teacher researcher, principals, school counselors or other stakeholder in the teaching learning environment to gather information about
how their particular school operate, how they teach, and how well their students learn.
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That is why action research is different from other more conventional or traditional types of research; it focused on individual or small
group professional practice. Action research tries to take an action and effect positive educational change in the specific school environment that was
studied. The classroom action research design employed in this study was
collaborative action research. In conducting the research, the researcher was assisted by English teacher of SMP Bakti Mulya 400 Jakarta. In this study, the
writer has some roles. She becomes the practitioner who taught reading descriptive text. Besides, she makes a lesson plan and assessment in each final
cycle. Furthermore, the writer also collect and analyzes data then reporting the result of study. Whereas, the collaborator called the English teacher becomes
the observer who observed the implementation of the action.
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www.teachingenglish.org.ukthinkmethodologyaction-research.html
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Geoffrey E. Mills, Action Research: a Guide For the Teacher Researcher, 2
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ed. Ohio: Prentice Hall, 2003, p.5.
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