Data Gathering Technique Instruments and Data Gathering Technique

36 responses. It was also a recorded interview. To help the researcher conducting the interview, a lecture r’s interview blueprint was made as shown in Table 3.3. Table 3.3 Lectu rer’s Interview Blueprint Type of Questions Features Theory Item Numbers Open-ended Questions and Personal Interview Classes of Book Report Course in academic year 20122013 Extensive Reading Krashen, 1985; Bamford Day, 2004; Urquhart Weir, 1998; Hedge, 2000; and Lado, 1964. 1 Reasons of designing Book Report Course for the first semester students 2 Teaching learning activities in Book Report Course 3 Problems faced by the students Reading Problems Raygor Raygor, 1985; Kustaryo, 1988; Erfort, 2013 4

2. Data Gathering Technique

There were two ways of gathering the data of the study. The first technique in gathering the data of the study was distributing the questionnaires. The researcher distributed the questionnaires directly to the students of Book Report Course. The data gained from the questionnaires aimed to find out the reading problems faced by the students in the course and the students’ perception on Book Report Course. The participants filled in the questionnaires in the classes. Obtaining the data from the questionnaires, the researcher conducted the interview with the students in order to deeply obtain the perception of the students on reading habit formation in Book Report Course. Related to the study, the researcher used the personal interviews. Using the type of interviews, the researcher had opportunity to observe the respondents and asked for detailed 37 information of the problems. In conducting the interviews, the researcher recorded the respondent s’ answers. The researcher also interviewed a lecturer of Book Report Course. The aim of interviewing the lecturer was to obtain information of Book Report Course and its class activities.

E. Data Analysis Technique

The data gained from techniques previously discussed were expected to answer the questions of research problems. The data from the questionnaires were put in a table which consists of columns for statements and columns for the students’ answers of degree of agreements strongly agree, agree, disagree, and strongly disagree. Since the study employed a qualitative research, thus some numeric data may be collected Ary et al. 2006: p. 425. The researcher made a table of data analysis technique that results numeric data from the questionnaires. Table 3.4 Data Analysis Technique No. Statement Degree of Agreement SA A D SD 1.

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Total The numeric data of the students’ answers in the questionnaire were formulated into percentage. The formula was as follows: x 100 Notes: = the number of students based on degree of agreement