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phenomena without experimental manipulation. Elliot and Kratochwill 1999: 34 stated that descriptive study is a research in which the investigator examines and reports
things the way they are in an effort to understand and explain them. That is why the research was based on qualitative descriptive. Qualitative descriptive research is a
method choice when straight descriptions of phenomena are desired.
B. Description of Setting
The researcher observed the teaching-learning activities at the Designated International Standard School by involving herself directly in the teaching and learning
process of the second grade students of Designated International Standard School in SMP N 1 Sukoharjo in the 20082009 academic year. The school is located on Jl. Pemuda
number 36 Sukoharjo, central Java. The researcher conducted the research from February to March 2008.
C. Source of Data
According to Lofland as quoted by Moleong 2004: 112 sources of data in qualitative research are words and events, for the additional data can be documents or
others. The research data in this study were collected in the form of information about the teaching-learning activities at the Designated International Standard School. The
teaching-learning activities were viewed by the use of the English language as the instructional language used by the teachers in teaching and by the students. It is also
viewed by the communication between the teachers and the students and among the
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students themselves in teaching-learning process. The researcher observed whether they can communicate well by using English language as the instructional language in
daily teaching-learning process and whether the students can reach the understanding of each material thought by English language.
The sources of the data in this research included events, informants, and documents.
1. Event
The event was in the form of teaching-learning activities in the classroom. It was conducted in the second year students of the Designated
International Standard School in SMP N 1 Sukoharjo in the 20082009 academic year.
2. Informant
The researcher took four teachers of Designated International Standard School in SMP N 1 Sukoharjo who conduct Mathematics, Physics,
Biology, and English class as the key informants to be interviewed. The researcher took some students of the Designated International Standard
School in SMP N 1 Sukoharjo to be interviewed as the informants. 3.
Document The documents in this research were all writing concerning the use of
English in teaching-learning activity at the Designated International Standard School in SMP N 1 Sukoharjo, such as lesson plan, the syllabus model, and
instructional materials.
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D. The technique of Collecting Data
