Research Method RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

In this chapter, the researcher discusses the methodology used in conducting this research. The explanation of the detailed methodology in this research is elaborated in several parts. They are research method, research setting, research participants, research instruments, data gathering technique, data analysis technique, and research procedure.

A. Research Method

Based on the research objectives, this research was a Classroom Action Research CAR which aimed to show the benefits of learning pronunciation by using podcasts in VIII B class of SMP PGRI 10 Wedi, Klaten. Based on Mettetal’s 2001 statement, CAR was one of the useful methods to be used in a research and to overcome the students’ problems in the classroom. It was because the goal of CAR itself was to improve the teacher’s teaching on his or her own classroom Mettetal, 2001. When conducting the observation in VIII B class of SMP PGRI 10 Wedi, Klaten, the researcher noticed that some students had difficulties in pronouncing English words especially animals’ names. Thus, the researcher was going to use CAR to know what the students needed to help them to pronounce animals’ names correctly. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 25 Mettetal 2001, p. 9 says that “the research design of a CɑR study may take many forms, ranging from a pretest-posttest design to a comparison of similar classes to a descriptive case study of a single class or student”. Based on Mettetal’s statement, the researcher ranged a pre-test and post-test design and to complete the pre-test and post-test, the researcher used flashcards and podcasts as the students’ treatment. Kemmis and McTaggart 2000 as cited in Huang 2007, p. 15 say that Classroom Action Research consists of four essential stages. They are planning, action, observation, and reflection. In this case, the Classroom Action Research was both a quantitative and qualitative research, since its purpose was to find out the information about students and teachers’ opinion towards teaching methodology in English class. The information was concluded from the number of the answers from the close-ended questionnaires. Besides that, the information was also concluded from progress reports, test score and activity.

B. Research Setting