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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND FINDING
A. Research Methodology
1. Place and Time of Study
The research of this study was held at SMP NEGRI I CURUG, which is located on Jl.Sukabakti II Curug-Tangerang.
2. Method of the Study
To get good result in doing the research, the writer must prepare everything that is needed. And this research, bases on field and library for method of study.
In field research, the writer tries to teaching the class using comic books and without comic books. Before that, the writer prepares the material from comic books that are suitable
for the student. Then, she made a test to make sure their comprehension from that material. She chooses one of them to answer the test by speaking and writing.
3. Population and Sample
In this research the writer took population the first grade students at SMP NEGRI I CURUG. The first grade
of this school consists five classes with almost 40 students in each class so all of the students in first grade are 200
students.
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The writer did not take the total number of the population as the result she took 80 students only. That was taken from the class of VII-1 and VII-2, the VII-1 as the experiment
class and VIII-2 as the control class.
4. Technique of Collecting Data
The writer gave the students test namely pre-test and post-test. Pre-test was given before she began the teaching learning process in two classes. The pre-test is similar in form
to post-test that was given after teaching learning process finished, in order to get objective data of students achievement in reading.
The writer gave the test to eighty students of the first year, which was cosists of 30 items; 10 item are essay form; 10 item are matching and 10 item are translated.
5. Technique of Data Analysis
The technique of data analysis which is used in this research, is: t
Ο
= M
I
– M
2
SE
MI – M2
t
Ο
= t - observation M
Ι
= Mean of Variable X variable I M
2
= Mean of Variable Y variable II SE
MΙ
= Standard Error of Mean Variable X SE
M2
= Standard Mean of Variable Y
B. RESEARCH FINDING
1. Data Description
