CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methods of the study to solve the problems stated in Chapter I. This study intended to observe the pronunciation problems in
English and the method that helped students increasing their pronunciation intelligibility in English. This chapter presents the discussion of the research
method, research setting and participants, research instruments, data gathering technique, data analysis technique and research procedure.
A. Research Method
The researcher employed the Classroom Action Research method in this research to answer the problems stated in Chapter I. Action Research is not
focused on the development of the theory or general application, but it is focused on immediate application Best Kahn, 1986: 22. Its purpose was to improve
school practices and also to improve students’ practices; habits of thinking and research processes. This method was used by the researcher to answer the
problem of how to improve students’ pronunciation intelligibility of the eleventh grade of IPA 3 of SMA Ngaglik 2. Krathwohl 1998: 600 defines action research
as research conducts by the practitioner to improve practice. In the action research, the researcher does his or her own research Mcniff and Whitehead,
2003: 15. The role of the researcher in the action research is very important to control the research. The role of the researcher in action research is researcher as
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the observer. The researcher followed the class activities and observed the students at the same time. Action research was held through action and reflection.
This means, after doing the research, the researcher had to make reflection of the practice. The reflection helped the researcher in deciding which parts of the
research need improvement. Action research was used in this research to improve the problems arose in
the students’ pronunciation intelligibility. In this research, the researcher gave treatments to the students. This research used communicative drills to improve
students’ pronunciation intelligibility. Besides drilling the students, the researcher also recorded the students’ pronunciation. The recorded pronunciation became
valid data to measure students’ pronunciation intelligibility.
B. Research Participants
1. Research Setting
The research took place in SMA 2 Ngaglik Sleman which is located in Desa Sukoharjo, Kecamatan Ngaglik, Kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta.
2. Participants
The subject of this research was the students of XIIPA 3 of SMA 2 Ngaglik Sleman. The basic languages of the subjects are Javanese and Indonesian.
Subjects used English only when English was taught. Subjects’ pronunciation was considered as low and there still some unintelligible pronunciation in the class.
The subjects were divided into 3 levels of pronunciation achievement. Those three levels were high, medium and low. In this research, the researcher intended to
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give the treatment for the subjects who were considered as the low level students. The researcher divided the subjects based on the teacher’s recommendation and
the observation. The researcher chose XI class because the students of this grade were
considered of having a higher English level than the X grade. The XI class students had richer vocabulary than the X class students. In the other hand, XII
class students had to prepare themselves for the National Final Test.
C. Research Instrument
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