CHAPTER III THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESEARCH
A. The Methodology of The Research 1.
The Place And Time of The Research
The research was done in SMP Muhammadiyah 2, Tangerang. The writer did the research on January 12
th
until January 29
th
2009. She made it in ninth times of meeting with the students in both sample class and experiment
class. She took the test in the ninth meeting.
2. The Population And Sample of The Research
The population of the research was 98 second year students at SMP Muhammadiyah 2, Tangerang. They were from three classes; VIII.A, VIII.B
and VIII.C
.
The experiment was done in two classes; VIII.B and VIII.C. It was according to the explanation of teacher of English there that the students in
both classes have same intelligent averages. There were 32 students in each class. The writer took 20 students of them in each class as the sample. She took
them alphabetically. The writer only took 20 students according to purposive sampling.
Accordingly, VIII.B was an experiment class where the writer used games in teaching Relative Pronouns and VIII.C was a controlled class where
the writer used drilling activities in teaching Relative Pronouns.
3. The Objective of The Research
Objective of the research was to prove the theory of using games in teaching Relative Pronouns as it was already discussed in chapter two. It was
proven by the test results of the experiment class and the controlled class
where she had taught Relative Pronouns. The test result showed which one better in improving the students’ knowledge of the variable, teaching Relative
Pronouns through games or drilling activities was.
4. The Instruments of The Research
The writer used test as an instrument of the research. She took the pre- test first to know that the students in both classes have the same intelligence
and have not been taught Relative Pronouns before. The questions type is came on the pre-test and on the post-test. In taking test she used the same type of test
in both experiment class and controlled class. The test consisted of twenty items. They were ten multiple choice
items, five fill in the blank items, and five matching items. Multiple choice items score was two, so the total score was twenty. Fill in the blank items score
was six, so the total score was thirty. Matching items score was ten, so the total score was fifty. A perfect score –100– could be gotten if the students answered
all test items correctly. The description was as follows.
No Types of Test
Number of Items Score
Total Score 1
Multiple choices 10
2 20
2 Fill in the blanks
5 6
30 3
Mathing the statement 5
10 50
100
5. The Method of The Research
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