The Setting and Subject of the Research

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter covers the setting and subject of the research, the method of the research, and the steps of conducting the research. Each of them is discussed in the following section.

A. The Setting and Subject of the Research

This research deals with improving students’ vocabulary mastery by using word webs. It is conducted in SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga. It is located in Diponegoro street No. 134, in the district of Sidorejo Lor, Sidorejo, Salatiga. There are 9 classrooms in the school because first until third grade have been parallel. SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga has many facilities which can make the students feel endure there. There is a canteen between teacher’s office and fifth classroom. There are also students’ health centre, rest rooms, mosque, library, and learning centre. All the facilities are kept well. Every room is clean because there is a school guard and gardener who clean the school. The students also help them to clean their own classes. This elementary school, which is led by Drs. Purwanto, M. Pd., is a national standard school. It means that SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga has implemented the standard of education service as the government’s rule. SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga uses KTSP Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan curriculum as the basic of teaching learning process. commit to user This research itself is conducted in class 3A. The teacher who is responsible to this class is Mrs. Meyna, S. Pd. This class consists of 25 students, 12 boys and 13 girls. The class is chosen because third grade of elementary school is the important stage of learning English. Based on the syllabus, third grade of elementary school students should be able to apply the words they learned in first and second grade in the sentence. 3A is chosen as the subject of the research because they have high motivation in learning, but they have difficulties in learning English. Before doing research, the writer has done pre-researchobservation in SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga in January 2010. The next action includes pre-test, the action itself, and post test which are conducted from March to June 2010. Then, analyzing the result of action research will be conducted from June 2010. Here is the schedule of the research: month Activity Jan Feb March April May June Pre research observation Analyzing problems Planning the action Doing action Data analyzing Reflection dĂďůĞϯ͘ϭƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞŽĨƚŚĞƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ commit to user

B. Research Method