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CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
This chapter consists of the analysis of method of investigation. It would be started from the analysis of action research, the analysis of population, the analysis of
sample, the analysis of variable of the research, the analysis of the method of collecting data, the analysis of instrument, the analysis of trying out of instruments,
the analysis of the step in action research, and the analysis of the method of data analysis.
3.1. Action Research
I conducted a kind of investigation namely action research to gathering the data needed for accomplishing this study. According to Wallace 2004: 4, action
research is a process which is done by systematically collecting data on your everyday practice and analyzing it in order to come to a decision about what your
future practice should be. Its different opinion from Nunan 1990: 66 that said action research is a tool which is particularly amenable to such an experimental,
problem oriented approach. Action research has several characteristics, which are: 1
Practical and directly relevant to an actual situation in the working world. The subjects are the classroom students, the staff, or other with whom you are
primarily involved.
2 Provides an orderly framework for problem-solving and new developments
that is superior to the impressionistic, fragmentary approach that otherwise typifies developments in education.
3 Flexible and adaptive, allowing changes during the trial period and sacrificing
control in favor of responsiveness and on-the-spot experimentation and innovation.
4 While attempting to be systematic, action research lacks scientific rigor
because its internal and external validity is weak. Action research conducted of five cycles. They are as follows:
1 Preliminary Reflection
A preliminary reflection observation and a pre-test show that the students seem to have some problems in understanding a story or a text when reading,
because they have a limited vocabulary in English. 2
Designing Planned Actions
A follow-up activity from the preliminary reflection is finding solution to the problem which has been identified. The activities that planned in classroom
action research are 1. Identifying the problem that the students have, 2. Planning the articles of magazines that appropriate in the teaching material,
3. Making a lesson plan based on the teaching materials, 4. Preparing questionnaires to know the students’ response during the activity.
3 Implementation of the Actions
The planned actions in the step above are implemented into teaching of reading comprehension by using articles of magazines in the class. The
exercise is given to the students individually; in order to know understanding to the articles.
4 Observation
Observation is used to collect data on the changed behavior as a result of the exercise given during the research.
5 Assessment and Reflection
The data collected through observation are analyzed to find out the improvement achieved by the students. Test is conducted to know how well
the students comprehend the science articles and the questionnaires are used to get information on how students are involved in the activities.
3.2 Population
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