CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
3.1Objectives of the study
This study has an objective as follows: 1
What types noun phrase construction are found in report genres in the first
year Senior High School students’ textbooks?
2 What is the dominant kind of noun phrase constructions found in report
genres in the first year Senior High School students’ textbooks?
3.2 Research Design
Every research has its own research method that is determined based on the purpose of the study. This research was design as a qualitative research, so the nature
of the study was descriptive and explorative. Qualitative research presents the data and research in the form of qualitative
description. Analysis of this type is done with words to describe conclusions, so the qualitative study obtains the descriptive data either spoken or written.
The purpose of this section is to find out what is the most dominant kinds noun phrase construction found in report genres in the third year Senior High School
students’ textbooks. Furthermore I counted noun phrase construction into percentages. I employed the percentage descriptive analysis using a simple formula as
follows:
100 ×
=
∑
N N
X
X = percentage one of noun phrase construction found in the
textbook N
= one of noun phrase construction found in the textbook
∑
N
= the total number of noun phrase construction found in the textbook.
3.3 Data Source
Data source is the subject of research from the data is taken Arikunto, 1991: 102. It can be thing, man, place, etc. As a source of data, the writer utilized three
English textbook used in the first year Senior High School Students. They are “Link to The world” published by Yudhistira, “English Text in Use” published by CV Aneka
Ilmu, and “English for a Better Life” published by Pakar Raya. The object of the study was report text used for reading materials. The writer chooses three texts only
in every textbook because there are a lot of report texts in every textbook. The writer chooses three texts only in every book which are almost of similar length and also the
number of words. They are: 1
“Nature Reserve of Java” in book 1 page 36. 2
“Cleanlinness Habit” in book 1 page 48. 3
“What’s A Mother Do” in book 1 page 68. 4
“Telephone” in book 2 page 74.
5 “Cheetahs: in book 2 page 86.
6 “Mangoes” in book 2 page 88.
7 “Solar Energy” in book 3 page 79
8 “Mangrove Trees” in book 3 page 80
9 “The Brainy Body.” in book 3 page 207.
3.4 Research Variable
Kategori