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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS
A. Place and Time of the Research
The research was conducted on February 2015 at the second grade of MTs Negeri Pamulang which is located on Pajajaran Street No.31 Pamulang,
South Tangerang, Banten 15417, Indonesia.
B.
Method of the Research
This study was used a survey method through correlation techniques. The dependent variable of this research is English learning achievement
variable Y, and the independent variable is students motivation variable X. In this study, the writer would like to gain the possibility of the correlation
between the students’ motivation as independent variable X variable and their achievement as dependent variable Y variable.
C. The Population and Sample
The population of this research is the students of the second grade of MTs Negeri Pamulang. Total students of the second grade are 319 students.
These students are distributed into 10 classes, 6 classes for Bina Prestasi class and 2 classes for science class, 2 classes for English bilingual and 1 class for
Arabic bilingual class. In each science class consists of about 31 – 32 students.
The technique of sampling in this research used cluster sampling technique. The sampling was from Bina Prestasi class 1 in this research which
is consisted of about 31 students.
D. The Technique of Instrument and Data Collection
The data collection was distributed the questionnaire. Besides that, students’ English learning achievement variable was collected from
documentary score that the English teaching had conducted.
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1. The Technique of Instrumentation
This research used questionnaire to know the students’ motivation
of MTsN Pamulang at the second grade. The questionnaire consisted of 30 items, 21 positive statements and 9 negative statements. The instrument
has some alternative options based on Likert Scale; Strongly Agree sangat setuju, In Doubt kurang setuju, Agree setuju, Disagree tidak
setuju, and Strongly Disagree sangat tidak setuju. As see below:
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Table 3.1 The Likert Scale
English Indonesia
Symbols Positive
Negative
Strongly Agree Sangat Setuju
SS 5
1 Agree
Setuju S
4 2
In Doubt Kurang Setuju
KS 3
3 Disagree
Tidak Setuju TS
2 4
Strongly disagree Sangat Tidak Setuju
STS 1
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The Questionnaire consists of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The Indicators of intrinsic motivation are desire, interest, need and goal.
The Indicators of extrinsic motivation are teacher, parents and social.
Table 3.2
Table Indicators of Motivated Learners
Variable Dimensions
Indicators Items Number
Positive Negative
Motivation Intrinsic
Desire 1,3,5
2,4,6 Interest
7,9,11,13 8,10,12,14
Need 15,16,17,18
19,20 Goal
21,22,23,24 25
Extrinsic Teacher
26,27 28,29,30
Parents 31,32
33,34,35 Social
36,37 38,39,40
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Zoltan Dornyei, Questionnaires in Second Language Research – Contraction,
Administration, and Processing, New York: Madison Avenue, 2010, p. 27