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and its role in English Language Teaching. The two basic types of question used in interview based on the nature of response desired from the respondents are
open – ended and close questions Ary et al., 2002. Open – ended question permit the participants to answer freely based on their understanding rather than
restricted to answer based on the options. In close questions, the interviewee answer the questions based on the options provided.
This study employed open – ended question to collect the data from the learners. Those participants were free to give their answer. When dealt to the
learners, the researcher used simple and creative language questions in order to make the students understand then easily answer the questions. This verifying
interview was used to check the students who gave unclear answers.
D. Data Gathering Techniques
As stated before, this study employed two instruments to gather the data. The first instrument was questionnaires. The distribution of questionnaires was
done in August 2010 to the 2005 and 2006 students in structure V class and during the break time. The second instrument was the verying interview. It was
used to check the participants’ answer. There were three students who gave unclear answers. Each student was interviewed separately in different occasion.
They were interviewed during the break time or outside their learning activity. The students were required to answer the questions related to the study of
literature in ELT which they have obtained during the previous semester. The answers would be in the forms of opinion, attitude, or feeling towards the topic.
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The interview with the students took fifteen minutes each. That interview intended to obtain the data of the students’ perceptions on the study of literature courses in
English Language Teaching.
E. Data Analysis Techniques
There were several steps conducted by the researcher in order to answer the formulated problem.
The first step was analyzing the data gathered by questionnaires.
All of the data include the importance of literature courses, the reasons of students in learning literature courses, students’s perception of
literature courses and the contribution of literature courses in ELT. The researcher
interpreted the questionnaires thoroughly and carefully in order to conclude the result of the data especially in interpreting the result of the questionnaires, because
it was the main instrument to obtain the data in answering the problems. Next, the researcher conducted the verifying interview to the students who gave unclear
answer. The result of the interview was noted down on the paper. This verifying interview was used to support and check the students’ answer based on the
questionnaires’ questions.
F. Research Procedures
The procedures in conducting this research are described as follows. 1.
Getting permission to conduct the research at English Study Program Department.
2. Distributing the questionnaires to the 2006 and 2005 students.
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3. Conducting the verifying interview to the students who gave unclear
answers. 4.
Transcribing the result of the questionnaires and verifying interview. 5.
Coding the data. 6.
Analyzing the data of the questionnaires and the verifying interview. 7.
Discussing the analysis of the data. 8.
Drawing conclusion and suggestion from the analysis.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION
