CHAPTER IV RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS
A. Research Methodology
1. The objective of Research
The objective of research for this ‘skripsi’ is to find empirical evidence the most common error made by 8
th
grade students of SMP Islamiyah Sawangan. This in turn, will be beneficial for teachers in this school in their attempt to
improve the students’ writing skills in the writing of descriptive text.
2. Time and Location
The research is held at SMP Islamiyah Sawangan, 8
th
grade. It is located at Jl. Raya Muchtar No.136 Sawangan Kota Depok 16511.
To obtain the data which is used as the object of this study, the writer asked the students to writer asked the students to write descriptive text on
November 5
th
, 2009 at 14.00-15.00 WIB.
3. The Population and sample
In this research the writer took the population of the Eight grade of SMP Islamiyah. “The writer mixes all subjects of the population and the students had a
chance to be a sample. All the sample is the same, no sample which is specialized”
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. The number of population of these classes is 65 students. The sample taken is only 20 students. The writer used random sampling to get the
representative data
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4. The Technique of Data Collecting
The next step is collecting the data. The writer gives writing test to the 8
th
grade students of SMP Islamiyah Sawangan and it focuses on descriptive text. Beside giving the test to the students, she also interviewed the English teacher to
know the method and curriculum in teaching learning English.
5. Research Instrument
To collect the data of this research, the writer gives a descriptive text test by using pictures to the 10
th
grade students of SMP Islamiyah Sawangan and it focused on the descriptive writing, which are related personal pronouns, spelling,
article, capitalization, subject-verb agreement, noncount nouns.
6. The Technique of Data Analysis
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