Theories on simple sentences are very useful in understanding and analyzing the data, especially those which concerned with simple sentences. The
writer takes theories on simple sentences according to Aarts and Aarts 1982, Curme 1931, Quirk 1985, and Pardiyono 2001.
Theories on compound sentences will surely be helpful in analyzing problems stated in the Problem Formulation. Theories from Curme 1931, and
Aarts and Aarts 1982 are selected. The writer will also make use the theories on complex sentences proposed
by Curme 1931, Peters 2004, and Thomson and Martinet 1986 for analyzing the data.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter covers three parts, Object of the Study, Approach of the Study, and Method of the Study. Object of the Study discusses the data or object
of this study and at the end of this part, the writer states in brief what the work is generally about. In the Approach of the Study, the writer explains the approach to
analyze the work. Method of the Study covers six sub-parts about the procedures of analyzing the work.
A. Object of the Study
The object or the data of this study are sentences produced by tour guides in Prambanan Temple.
In general, this study concerns about analyzing grammatical aspects of English sentences produced by tour guides of Prambanan Temple. The analysis
covers types of sentences, the percentage of correct and incorrect sentences, and deviant forms of sentences made by the respondents.
B. Approach of the Study
Since this study analyzes grammatical aspects of English sentences created by tour guides of Prambanan Temple, it is obvious that this study will use the
approach of syntax of English language. However, the approach of syntax used in this study is merely concerned with sentence constructions.
C. Method of the Study
Method of the Study includes six parts. They are the Population of the Study, the Sampling, Setting, the Research Instruments, the Data Gathering and
the Data Analysis.
1. The Population of the Study
Since this study intended to analyze types of sentences, the percentage of correct and incorrect sentences, and deviant sentences made by tour guides in
Prambanan Temple, it is apparent that the population of this study was tour guides in Prambanan Temple. The reason of choosing this population was because
Prambanan Temple is one of the most famous tourism objects in Indonesia in general and in Yogyakarta in particular. Many tourists, both local tourists and
foreigners come to this place. As foreigners are common in Prambanan Temple, English is as well familiar. It was assumed that all tour guides in Prambanan
Temple spoke English. The writer wanted to know whether or not they produced good English.
The total population of tour guides in Prambanan Temple was thirty five persons. However, in fact, there were only seventeen active tour guides. This
condition was due to the rest eighteen tour guides left this job after the earthquake which happened in May 27, 2006 and some of them quit this job. All of the
members of the population were not college-educated. They were high-school graduated but most of them also learnt English in courses.
