CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS
A. Research Methodology
1. Purpose of the Research
The purpose of the research is to know the improvement of the students’ score of the reading after being taught by collaborative learning approach at the eighth
grade of SMP Islam Nur Insan Tangerang.
2. Place and Time of the Research
The research was held at SMP Islam Nur Insan Tangerang which is located at Jln. Karyawan III IV Karang Tengah, Tangerang. The research started on
November 06, 2008 till December 04, 2008.
3. Method of the Research
In this research, the writer used pre-experimental method by using “one-group pretest and posttest design
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where the students would be given a pretest before starting the treatment at the eighth grade of SMP Islam Nur Insan-Tangerang.
The students were taught reading by using collaborative learning approach in the classroom activities. Collaborative learning gave students opportunity to share
their knowledge with the friends in the class. They are divided into small groups. This treatment was carried out for six meetings. The procedures of teaching
during the classroom as follows: a.
The teacher greet by saying “Good Morning, students How are you today?
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David Nunan, Research Methods in Language Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, p.40
b. The teacher gave motivation to the students by asking the actual news on
television and the teacher asked them to give the comments. c.
The teacher made heterogonous group by counting the students 1, 2, 3, 4 until 5, then the students gather with their group gained.
d. The students discussed the task with their group. Each of them gave the ideas
and information that heshe has got from the text. e.
The teacher monitors the student’s activities in their group during the discussion.
f. The teacher checked the group task and instructs the students to give their
comment about their project. g.
The teacher gave the opportunity to the students about their obstacles during the learning activities.
h. The teacher explained the students’ question.
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The teacher closed the material and gave the students homework.
At the end of treatment, the writer gave the students a test, which is called posttest. Towards the ends, the score of pretest and posttest would compare in
order to find the answer for the research question.
4. Instruments of the Research
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