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CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
I am going to present the method to analyze the data. The data are the teachers’ scaffolding talks done by Reading IV lecturers in the classroom setting for the fourth
semester students of Unisbank. The talks in this convention between teachers and students in the classroom are considered as a discourse study as the data that I got are in
the form of authentic language experiences as teachers’ scaffolding talks.
A. Subject of the Study
The subject of this study is all the reading IV lecturers from Faculty of Language and Cultural Studies of Unisbank Semarang. There were three lecturers who taught Reading
IV classes during my study. Those three lecturers are qualified to teach Reading classes since they meet the
requirements needed to teach Reading. They are classified into two programs namely regular program for morning classes and extension program for evening classes. The
requirements for teaching Reading among others are having knowledge about this skill, potential to overcome the boredom in classes, the ability to transfer the knowledge and
know how to make the classes run well. The lecturers have to be competent in teaching this subject not because of the subject is one of the four English skills but also there are
certain techniques needed in teaching Reading.
B. Time for Obtaining the Data
I spent one semester for collecting the data because I want to observe all the teachers’ scaffolding talks in reading classes. The reading classes in which I observed are
only reading IV for regular and extension programs. Both programs in the morning and evening classes have the same materials.
The data were taken for certain period of time: 1 Reading IV:
a. Morning class : Tuesday on May 24
th
and June 7
th
in 2005. b. Morning class : Wednesday on May 25
th
and June 8
th
in 2005. 2 Reading IV:
b. Evening class : Wednesday on May 25
th
and June 8
th
in 2005. Each lecture was recorded for 2 times so at the end I have recorded 6 times of
Reading classes. The rough data were classified based on good recording only so that the writer was able to analyze the data by disposing the blurred data or unclear data. The
final data were ready to be analyzed qualitatively. The discourse study was used to analyze the teachers’ scaffolding talks in reading classes.
C. The Process of Obtaining the Data
I am as the observer have assigned the technician to record the data in the classroom during the lesson so that the data were not be biased because I was not
included. The technician has tried to take the data as the trial before he recorded in the classroom. The process of getting the data can be summarized as follows:
1. The technician had to make preparations for getting the data by means checking:
a. the instruments to record the data; b. the classroom to get good recording;
c. the situation outside of the classroom which could make too much distortion d. the position of the lecturers and students in order to get good recording and
shooting 2. The technician followed the instruction from the lecturer when he was allowed to
record and when he was not allowed to do it. 3. The technician was not allowed to make conversation in the classroom during the
recording.
D. Methods of the Study
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