Method of Research Subject and the Object of Study

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Method of Research

A classroom action research CAR is used in this study as the method. Classroom action research according to Weitman is a substantial type of classroom inquiry that is focused on teachers’ practice to increase students’ learning 1 . Concerning with the aim of the research, McNiff 1992 clarifies that the main purpose of action research is improvement. 2 An improvement that is derived from teachers endeavors through reflective action within the research. To do the reflection, the researcher has to recognize the problem happens in the classroom to sustain her finds out the way to figure out the problem. In doing the action research, there are four phases within one cycle will be passed by the researcher, those are; planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. These phases will be conducted repeatedly for the other cycle, if the result is not reached yet, as of the objective of the research meets. For detail, it will be explained in the following explanation.

B. Subject and the Object of Study

1. Subject of Study The subject of the study is students at grade VII of Manaratul Islam Junior High School, Cilandak academic year 20102011 which consists of 36 thirty six 1 Jill Beloff Farrell Catheryn J. Weitman, Action Research Fosters Empowerment and Learning Communities,________,2007. ____p.36 2 Suharsimi Arikunto, Suhardjono Supardi, Penelitian Tindakan Kelas, Jakarat: Bumi Aksara, 2009. p.106 students and they are chosen based on semi-structured interview with the English teacher. The result proves that students of grade VII.B have had the lowest achievement in speaking and they need an appropriate technique to improve their achievement of speaking skill. This statement is relevant to what Harmer stated about the role of learner as follow: The role of learner as negotiator-between the self, the learning process, and the object of learning- emerge from and interacts with the role of joint negotiator within the group and within the classroom procedures and activities which the group undertakes. The implication for the learner is that he should contribute as much as he gains, and thereby learn in an interdependent way. 3 2. Object of Study The object of the study here is communication games activities in developing students speaking ability.

C. Writers’ Role on the Study