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B. Setting and Time of Research
In this study, the writer uses the eighth year students of SMPN 03 Ngargoyoso which is located on Jl. Sengonrejo, Ngargoyoso as the research. It is
one of the states Junior High School in Kabupaten Karanganyar. It is a nice place to study because it is far away from noisy place. There are a lot of trees around
classes so it looks comfortable. There are nine classes. They consist of three classes for seventh year, three
classes for eighth year, and three classes for ninth year. There are about thirty or thirty one
students for each. To support and facilitate students‟ learning activities, SMPN 03 Ngargoyoso has some laboratories such as Physic, Chemistry, Biology,
and library. Because of the limited fund, it has not language laboratory yet. This classroom action research was conducted for three months from
November 15
th
, 2010 up to February 24
th
, 2011. Pre-research was done on November 15
th
, 2010 and December 15
th
, 2010. Designing research proposal and instruments was done on November up to December 2010. Giving treatment and
collecting the data was done on January 3
rd
up to February 24
th
, 2011. Analyzing and discussing data was done in the end of February 2011 up to March 2011. And
writing research report was done on January up to March 2011.
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Table 2 Research Schedule
No Activities Nov
2010 Dec
2010 Jan
2011 Feb
2011 Mar
2011 Apr
2011 1
Pre-research
2
Designing research proposal and
instruments
3 Giving treatments and
collecting data
4 Analyzing and
discussing data
5 Writing research report
C. Subject of the Research
The subject of this research is the students of class VIIIC of SMPN 03 Ngargoyoso in the academic year of 20102011. There are 30 students in this
class. Most of their parents are farmers and they come from low and middle social status. In general, they are cheerful students, although they have low motivation in
learning. The reasons for choosing this grade as research subjects – based on the
preliminary research are: first, the eighth year is the appropriate time for preparing the students to face National Examination, so that they have enough knowledge
when entering the next grade and more ready in facing National Examination.
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Second, the students of this class had low motivation in learning, especially English subject. It could be seen from their English score in the final examination.
D. Research Procedure
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