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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Research Design
The method that used in this research is qualitative method.The qualitative method is a method that produces descriptive data, such as the written and unwritten
words about the individual character, condition or a symptom of the certain groups that can be analyze Lexy, 2001:6.
This research described language disorder which concerned on language learning and then it focused on the types of difficulties on language disorder of the
dyslexic child. After that, it described the methods that were applied to overcome the difficulties above. The research is qualitative approach because it analyzed the types
of difficulties on language disorder of the dyslexic character and the methods that were applied to overcome the difficulties.
In this research, Behaviorism theory by Skinner 1905 has been used in analyzing the psycholinguistics. The cerebellar theory of dyslexia is also suitable in
analyzing child’s learning disorder. This study also use Gillingham and Stillman 1997, Levinson 1994, and Lerner
‟s theories 1988 to lead in doing research. Those data could help to draw the conclusion and suggestion of this research.
3.2 Sources of Data
The object of this research is Kidz Smile TherapyCenter for Kids and the subjectisthe dyslexic children. According to the teachers, the dyslexic childproduce
somemistakes whether in writing, reading, arithmetic operation or remembering something in sequenze.
The main data source of this study is taken from the result of the questionnaire that answered by 5 teachers in Kidz Smile Therapy Center for Kids.
The data is in the form of the answers based on the questionnaire’s result. Besides getting data from questionnaire, thesecondary data has been found from textbooks,
journal, abstracts anddyslexia articles.
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3.3 Data Collecting Method
The data are collected by observation, transcribing, and documentation.Because the main data are taken from questionnaire, the children
have been observed by asking the teachers use the questionnaire based on the symptomps of dyslexia. In this case, the writer use DSM-IV-TR 2000,
Abdurrahman 2003: 209-232, Hornsby 1984: 66and Lovitt 1989: 225 as the reference to dyslexia syndroms. The questionnaire’s result also has been read many
times and some teacher also have been asked directly to understand the phenomenon. After doingobservation, the quitionerhad been trascribed into English in order to
select thewords and letters easily as many as possible related to research problems. In addition, the documentation has been conducted by looking for orgathering the
secondary data from textbook, journals, abstracts, and articles whichappropriate with research problem.
3.4 Data Analysis Method
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