Research Procedure s METHODOLOGY

3.6 Research Procedure s

1. The first action was to choose the place of the research. 2. The researcher asked the letter of permission from Sanata Dharma University to conduct a research and delivered it to OI 743 Petra Children Development Center. 3. The researcher formulated the problems that appeared in the class and based on the improvement of the students, the researcher picked-up the most crucial problem to be solved. It was done as identifying the focus of the research. Considering the use of the research next in the future, the topic chosen was more on application of certain strategy in language teaching. 4. The researcher took sample of research subjects. 5. The researcher constructed an observation to investigate the major problem in student’s vocabulary retention and to establish the achievement targets in learning English vocabulary. 6. The researcher analyzed the observation data and selected achivement target. 7. The researcher established assessment criteria and based the action on theories in language learning. 8. In order to achieve the goal of the research, the researcher formulated and determined the research question. 9. The researcher chose and created the data gathering technique s data- collection plan which were used to collect the data. 10. The researcher determined the strategy which was used in the research based on the observation towards students’ conditions and toke an action 11. The researcher decided the schedule of English teaching and conducted the teaching. 12. The researcher observed the teaching process toward progress based on the strategy which was used for teaching English vocabulary. 13. The researcher conducted weekly quizzes as tools to measure students’ retention in the ir English vocabulary learning. The last step was analyzing the data, revising theories of actions, and formulating the final report for future action. The above procedures referred to the Action Research Cycle proposed by Sagor. The figure was adopted from Sagor 2005: 96 in his book entitled The Action Research Guide Book. Figure 3.1 The Action Research Cycle Sagor, 2005: 96 Stage 1: Clarifying Vision Stage 3: Implementing Action and Collecting Data Stage 4: Reflecting and Planning Informed Action Stage 2: Articulating Theories Identify a focus Establish assessment criteria Select achievement targets Develop a theory of action Plan future action Revise theory of action Analyze the data Take action Create a data - collection plan Determine research question In order to check the validity and reliability of the research, the researcher consulted the research to experts. They were the sponsors of the researcher. All steps and plans that were used in this research were consulted and revised based on the sponsors’ suggestions. 38

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

In this chapter, the researcher discussed on the implementation of a certain strategy to teach English words, discussion, and other findings. The process of English vocabulary teaching could be observed in the section of implementation of the chosen strategy. Hence to obtain the results of the research, the data of English words teaching were processed and analyzed in discussion section. In addition, there were other impacts of the use of the chosen strategy. The researcher recorded the impacts of the chosen strategy in the findings sections as additional information.

4.1 Research Findings

4.1.1 The Implementation of the Chosen Strategy

Two cycles had been conducted in order to search for an appropriate strategy to improve English words retention in OI 743 Petra Children Development Center. The second cycle was aimed to verify the first cycle since the first cycle proved that the strategy of the first research had been successful in improving students’ retention in memorizing English words they learned. The cycles were the Action Research Cycles proposed by Sagor 2005: 96 in his book entitled The Action Research Guide Book. The first cycle was conducted on April 23 rd , 2007 and reviewed on April 30 th , 2007. The second cycle was conducted on May 21 st , 2007 and reviewed on PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI