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RESEARCH MATRIX Title
Problem Variable
Indicators Data Resources
Research Method Hypotheses
Improving the Seventh Grade
Students’ Vocabulary
Achievement through
English Songs at SMP Negeri
11 Jember in the 20142015
Academic Year
1. Can the use of English
songs improve the
seventh grade students’
vocabulary achievement
at SMP Negeri 11
Jember in the 20142015
academic year?
2. Can the use of English
songs improve the
seventh grade students’
participation in the
teaching and learning
process of vocabulary
achievement at SMP
1. Independent
Variable
- The use of English songs
in teaching vocabulary
2. Dependent
Variable
- The seventh grade
students’ vocabulary
achievement
- The seventh grade
students’ participation
in the teaching learning
process of vocabulary
1. English songs: - Memorability
- Rhythmicality - Non-triviality
- Universality - Playfulness
- Reactional - Motivational
- Interactional
Maley, 1985 in Rivers, 1987:
93-95 2. The students’
scores of vocabulary tests
that cover: nouns, verbs,
adjectives and adverbs.
3. The students’ participation:
a. Answering the teacher’s
oral questions
b. Classifying the words
1. Research
Subjects The seventh
grade students of SMP Negeri 11
Jember in the 20142015
academic year
2. Informant
The English teacher of the
seventh grade students at SMP
Negeri 11 Jember
3. School
Documents - The names of
the research subjects
- The students’ previous score
of the English midterm test
1. Research Design
Classroom Action Research with the cycle model.
The steps of each cycle are:
a. Planning the action b. Implementing the action
c. Observing the action d. Reflecting the action
Arikunto et al., 2006:16
2. Area Determination Method
Purposive
3. Subject Determination Method
Purposive
4. Data Collection Methods
a. Vocabulary test b. Observation
c. Interview d. Documentation
5. Data Analysis Method
a. The primary data taken from vocabulary test will be analyzed
quantitatively by the following formula:
×
1. The use of English songs
can improve the seventh
grade students’
vocabulary achievement
at SMP Negeri 11 Jember in
the 20142015 academic
year.
2. The use of English songs
can improve the seventh
grade students’
participation in the teaching
and learning process of
vocabulary achievement
at SMP Negeri 11 Jember in
the 20142015
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Negeri 11 Jember in the
20142015 academic
year? taken from
the song lyric into
nouns, verbs, adjectives or
adverbs
c. Singing the English song
d. Doing the vocabulary
exercises e. Participating
to discuss the correct
answers Notes:
A = the total number of the students who got score
≥ 72 N = the total number of the students
who did the vocabulary test Cohen et al., 2007:423
The data from the observation will be analyzed by following formula:
×
Notes: A = the total number of the students
who were categorized as active students
N = the total number of the students who were in class
Cohen et al., 2007:423 b. The secondary data taken from
interview and documentation. academic
year.
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The Seventh Grade Students’ English Midterm Test Scores of SMP Negeri 11 Jember
in the 20142015 Academic Year No.
A B
C D
E F
1 70
63 60
74 63
74 2
70 74
60 81
53 67
3 67
42 81
70 53
79 4
74 74
67 49
21 63
5 74
79 63
63 42
60 6
70 53
74 32
77 74
7 70
60 81
77 88
63 8
67 60
60 70
67 82
9 81
56 70
70 53
82 10
70 42
60 74
46 60
11 74
88 77
60 85
63 12
60 63
70 84
70 79
13 77
77 74
77 56
79 14
81 77
77 67
63 46
15 81
74 70
63 56
67 16
63 56
67 81
77 83
17 63
63 77
81 70
63 18
60 63
81 60
53 56
19 74
77 77
81 35
60 20
56 79
67 70
60 85
21 70
79 53
91 67
53 22
81 77
63 88
56 74
23 49
70 70
67 70
49 24
49 92
70 81
42 74
25 53
79 70
81 42
79 26
49 74
67 84
63 74
27 53
70 63
74 53
60 28
60 77
49 74
60 60
29 60
79 67
74 60
79 30
49 42
67 67
53 60
31 49
63 70
70 60
63 32
63 67
84 70
67 74
33 60
79 70
91 67
46 34
77 82
67 88
63 77
35 49
82 74
88 60
79 36
67 79
77 94
60 82
37 70
60 77
- 49
82 38
77 70
74 -
- 79
Rata-rata 65.45
69.5 69.61
