Research Participants RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

26 The researcher drew the percentage of each number in a table and explained them one by one.

2. Data from Interview

The interviewees were the students of Basic Reading I class where the researcher distributed the questionnaires. The purpose of the interview is to know the student‟s responses to the use of reader‟s log in Basic Reading I class. The researcher recorded the students‟ responses during the interview by recorder. Also, the researcher took a note to highlight the important data from the interviewees. The researcher transcribed the results of the interview. The sample of the interview transcript can be seen in Appendix 6. Then, the researcher made a summary based on the data collection. After that, the researcher analyzed the data collection and made a conclusion based on the data which was obtained. The data was used to gain the detailed explanation of the use of reader‟s log and the student‟s responses while doing reader‟s log.

F. Research Procedure

The researcher took some following steps to do the research. There are 8 steps in this section.

1. Planning

The researcher obtained the problems from self-experiences. The researcher found many perceptions related to do reader‟s log in Basic Reading I class in Sanata Dharma University. Then, the researcher connected the problems to the theories and sources related to the topic. 27

2. Defining the participants

The target participants were the students in English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. The researcher could not select all students in each class of Basic Reading I class because the limitation of time and access. Also, the researcher wanted to focus on one class. Therefore, the researcher only chose class A. The researcher asked permission by making consent form see Appendix 1 to the lecturer.

3. Sampling

The researcher chose seven students of class A to be the samples of this research. Seven students were chosen because they met the criteria that the researcher needed in this research.

4. Constructing the instruments

The researcher designed the questionnaire and the interview to answer the research questions. The questionnaire was designed to get the data, and the researcher did the interview as the follow up to the questionnaire. The sample of the results of the questionnaire can be seen in Appendix 8.

5. Conducting the Interview

To conduct the interview, the researcher took seven students who had already filled the questionnaire to be interviewed. The researcher used Focus Group Discussion FGD in the interview. It aimed to clarify the data of the questionnaire.