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Level D up to F : intermediate level 3.
Level G up to L : advance level The recorded data from the interview were transcribed and the data results
from the interview were compiled with the other data from the questionnaire results both close and open-ended questions to answer the research problems.
After finishing the data of interview, the researcher conducted library study to find some improvements of the teaching-learning process of the implementation
of independent learning in Kumon English Course.
F. Research Procedure
The researcher passed several steps in conducting a research. First, the research decided the topic and the subject of the study. The researcher formulated
research problems related to the topic. Then, the researcher conducted survey by designing a set of questionnaire as the instrument for doing a descriptive research.
The questionnaire consisted of several statements used for answering the research problems. The researcher conducted interview to gain the information about the
implementation of independent learning in Kumon English Course. The researcher interviewed 4 instructors. From the result of interview, the researcher made a
questionnaire. The researcher distributed the questionnaire to 5 students in Kumon
Jatimulyo as a trial first and after that the questionnaire was distributed to the
‘real’ participants that were the students of Kumon English Course in Kumon Jatimulyo
. The trial was used to make sure that the students understood the
29 questions on the questionnaire and to chose the questions that were not related to
the research. The researcher chose 30 students randomly with the range of age 6
– 12 years old. The researcher took two students who were in low level, two students
who were in average level and one student who was in high level of study based on the categorization. The interview was conducted to reveal more detail
information towards the use of independent learning. Then, the researcher analyzed all of he data gathered from the questionnaire and interview and
correlated the findings to be presented and discussed. The last was library study to give some improvements of the teaching-learning process in Kumon English
Course based on the questionnaire and interview result.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents and discusses the data acquired from the result of interview and questionnaire from participants; instructors and students. Besides,
this chapter also discusses the result of library study that will be the improvement of Kumon English Course. This chapter answers three questions stated in the
research questions. Therefore, there will be three discussions in this chapter. The first one is the discussion about how independent learning
was applied in Kumon English Course
. The second part d iscusses students’ perception on the
implementation of independent learning in Kumon English Course. The last one is the discussion of the improvement of teaching-learning process at Kumon English
Course.
A. The Implementation of Independent Learning in Kumon English Course
This section answers the first question in the questions research. This section was divided into five main parts, teaching-learning process and material,
advantages and disadvantages, instructors’ rules, parent’s roles, and the students’
responses on the implementation of independent learning in Kumon English Course
. The researcher conducted interview to answer the first problem formulation
which was how far independent learning was applied in Kumon English Course. The researcher interviewed four instructors. The interview was open-ended
questions; therefore the respondents were free to answer the questions.
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1. Teaching-Learning Process and Material
In this interview, the researcher gained more information about Kumon English Course
from the some instructors, especially about learning method applied. From the interview result, the researcher gained the detail information
that Kumon English Course was different with other English courses because of the learning method that was used. Kumon English Course used independent
learning. From this method, Kumon English Course hoped students would have a certain study habit. Students were asked to learn the material with CD-textbook
and worksheet. Based on the interview result, all of the participants shared similar answers
toward the steps of the teaching-learning process in Kumon English Course. First, when students came to the class, they were not permitted to be accompanied by
parents or babysitter or someone else. After coming to the class
,
the first thing that they had to do was oral checking with the instructor. This step was used to check
about how far they have learned about their homework. After that, they had to listen and read aloud the CD-textbook. The third step, answered the exercises on
the worksheet. While writing the answers, the students had to read it aloud. When they had done for doing the exercises on the worksheet, they had to submit it to
the instructors then the instructors would check it. The students had to revise the wrong answers until they got a star. It meant the reward for them. When revising
the wrong answers, the students had to work independently. They had to find where the mistakes were and then revised them into the correct answer.
