Research Setting The Subject of the Research

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH MEHODOLOGY

A. Research Setting

SDN 05 Jaten is located at Jl. Josroyo Indah II Perum Josroyo, Jaten Karanganyar 57771, Central Java. Geographically, SDN 05 Jaten has a strategic place. This school is near to the road between Jaten to Bulu village so it is not difficult to find SDN 05 Jaten. SDN 05 Jaten is quiet and safe enough to conduct teaching and learning process. The implementation of the actions planned for this research was conducted from August, 27 th to November, 5 th 2008. SDN 05 Jaten uses KTSP Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan curriculum as the basis of teaching and learning processes. Instructional processes are done in six days from Monday to Saturday. The students start learning at 07.00 a.m. and they finish the lesson at 12.30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. While on Friday, they finish it at 11.00 am and on Saturday at 10.00 am. The research was carried out from July to November 2008. It included the pre-research, action, and activities after the action.

B. The Subject of the Research

The subject of this study was the students of the sixth grade of SDN 05 Jaten. The number of students was 20 students consisting of 15 boys and 5 girls. The students of the sixth grade of SDN 05 Jaten come from different social backgrounds. Economically, they are classified into lower to medium level. Most of their parents are farmer or work in factories. Psychologically, the students of the sixth grade of SDN 05 Jaten were far from under pressured condition. They were cheerful and free from threatening situation. The students of the sixth grade were called the noisy students but there were some students who were shy to actively participate in teaching and learning process. Academically, the students’ achievement of the sixth grade of SDN 05 Jaten was lower than the other students of other elementary school. The researcher chose the sixth grade students of SDN 05 Jaten as the subject of the research for some reasons. First, the researcher wanted to improve the students’ ability in English lesson. Second, there was a fact that several students were cleverer and very active while the others had low achievement in English especially on vocabulary and they were very passive in teaching learning process. Third, the researcher wanted to improve the students’ motivation in English teaching learning process so the students get high score in final exam. The researcher conducted the study through teaching and learning process by using pictures in teaching vocabulary. The researcher was the teacher and the observer was the researcher’s friend who knows the action research.

C. The Method of Research