CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS
A. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. Purpose of Study
The purpose of this study is to know any improvement of the students’ scores of the Comparative Degree after being taught by Role Playing in the Communicative
Apporach.
2. Place and Time of Study
The writer did research at SDN. Duri Kosambi 07 Pagi on Jln. Raya Kresek No.51 RT 00708 kec. Cengkareng 11750 Jakarta Barat. He conducted this reserach
from 28 Juli up to 10 September 2009
3. Population and Sample of Study
The object of the research is the sixth grade of SDN 07 pagi Cengkareng Jakarta Barat. The sixth grade of this school consists of two classes with 42 students
in class VI A, 41 students in class VI B. So there are 83 students in number. Here, the writer did not take total of population as sample. But for
observation the sample are 41 students, that is class VI B. The reasoning to take this class is that the student’s score of VI B is they are direcly involved with my purpose
to know the effecctiveness and this research is an experimental study in which class was treated by communicative approach.
4. Instrument of Study
In this research, the writer used the test which is made by himself. The material of the test will be taken from their handbook and other related book about
Comparative Degree. The test consists of 15 items divided into three parts. First part consists of 5 items for matching the pictures by the sentences to measure the students’
knowledge about adjective regular comparisons. The second consists of 5 items for multiple choice to measure their understanding abaut adjective and adverb regular
comparison. The last part consists of 5 items for making the sentences by available words to measure their understanding about irregular adjective and adverb in
comparative form. The score per items from numbers 1 until 15 is 6.7 . it means if a student get 10 items rights so he she gets the score 66.7. From the description above
we can conclude that the highest score is 10. the following is the description of the test
Table 3.1 The Speficication of Questions
NO COMPARATIVE DEGREE
QUESTION NUMBERS
TOTAL easy
1,2 Middle
3 1
Part of body difficult
4,5 5
easy 1,2
Middle 3
2 transportation
difficult 4,5
5
easy 1,2
Middle 3
3 Animal
difficult 4,5
5
15
5.Procedure of Collecting Data
Collecting Data is one important thing in the research that can be determined the result of the research, as follows:
a. Pre-Test
The writer did the pre-test by giving the students test as mentioned above as a pre-test. After they were taught Comparative Degree without using
Communicative Approach. They were only given one hour to finish completing the test.
b. Post-Test
the writer did post-test to the students. The test was the same as the pre-test. However, the post test was given after treatment had been given by
teaching Comparative Degree through Role Playing in Communicative Apporach.
6. Technique of Analyzing Data
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