c. October – January
: The research report
2. Subject and Object of the Research
The subjects were 33 texts in English textbook entitled
Contextual English for Grade XI of Senior High Schools Regular Program..
The object of this research was character values in the texts of English textbook entitled
Contextual English for Grade XI of Senior High Schools Regular Program
. In more detailed, this research focused on the appearance of characters and the techniques of
integrating characters in 33 texts. Those characters were based on 18 values formulated by The Ministry of National Education
Kemendiknas.
3. Source, Form, and Context of the Data
The source in this research was the English textbook entitled
Contextual English for Grade XI of Senior High Schools Regular Program
. The reason of selecting a textbook for grade XI of Senior High Schools was due to the
consideration that at the age of grade XI, students are in the process of looking for their identity so that they do need to know characters in what they learn. In
addition, this textbook provides more texts comparing to other textbooks. The data were in the form of texts. There were 33 texts which consisted of
various topics and genres. Then, the context of the data was the contexts around texts.
4. Research Instrument
There were two kinds of instruments used in this research. The primary instrument was the researcher. As the first instrument, the researcher maintained
the data, starting from the data collection until the data report. Then, she was the
researcher who designed, collected, analyzed, interpreted the data, and also reported the results of the research.
The secondary instrument was also used in this study. It was the data sheet which can be used to help the researcher in identifying and analyzing the data.
The format of the data sheet is presented as the following.
Table 3.1: The Data Sheet of the Data Findings of Characters and Techniques of Integrating Characters in the the Texts of an English Textbook
entitled
Contextual English for Grade XI of Senior High Schools Regular Program.
Code Data
18 Characters Techniques
Explanation E
I
Note: E: Explicitly
I: Implicitly Code:
1L1P5 : number 1 Lesson 1 Page 5
MS: Mid Semester Test, S: Semester Test
C. Techniques of Data Collection
A careful and thorough reading of texts in English textbook entitled
Contextual English for Grade XI of Senior High Schools Regular Program
was done in order to know the research data that are absolutely necessary to answer
the research questions. Some activities were taken in the following steps.
1.
Reading carefully the texts in English textbook entitled
Contextual English for Grade XI of Senior High Schools Regular Program
in order to obtain valid information regarding to the research questions.
2.
Understanding specific parts related to the focus of the research intensively in order to find the data that are valid according to the research questions.
3.
Marking certain parts in the parts of the texts that are related to the research questions. This step aimed to interpret the data obtained from reading activities of
the texts in English textbook entitled
Contextual English for Grade XI of Senior High Schools Regular Program
.
4.
Making a description of the data. This activity aimed to obtain data based on the research focus. The description of the data was accompanied by a coding process
at certain parts in texts of English textbook entitled
Contextual English for Grade XI of Senior High Schools Regular Program
related to the research focus. It was inserted into the table of the data.
According to Creswell 2008: 251, coding is the process of segmenting and labeling text to form descriptions and broad themes in the data. It aims to get
categorization of the data developed from research questions. These codes are basically a suggestion that serve to organize and rearrange words, sentences,
