Data Gathering Techniques RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

38 observation sheet he had prepared before. The English teacher, whom the observation was conducted to, was aware that he is being observed. The observation conducted in this study mostly covered the teacher’s teaching activities. The researcher did not observe students’ activities or performances during the learning activities. However, the researcher told the students what the observation was aimed for and asked students to act and learn naturally. In addition, by the time the teacher started the learning activity, the researcher also started to record the learning activity with the video camera. The next data collection activity was conducted through questionnaire. The researcher collected the data about students’ response toward the English reading activities they had just had. The data were collected through the questionnaire asking whether the students were able to follow and understand the English reading activities they have just had. The questionnaire was distributed to the students after the teacher finished the learning activities. The next data collection activity was interview with the teacher. This interview asked about the teacher’s reason in applying the teaching strategies he applied in conducting the English reading activities. After collecting all data needed for the research, the researcher summarized and analyzed all findings based on the theories presented in the Chapter II to draw the conclusion of the research.

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH DISCUSSION

This chapter presents the research data and discussion of this study. The research findings describe data collected through research instruments. The research data are analyzed and discussed based on related theories which are presented in Chapter II. This chapter is divided into two parts. They are data presentation and discussion.

A. Data Presentation

This sub chapter presents data that have been collected by the researcher through the research instruments. This sub chapter is divided into three parts. They are the teacher’s learning techniques in reading class, the teacher’s reason for applying the techniques, and students’ responses on the learning techniques.

1. Learning Techniques in Reading Class

In order to answer the first problem in this study, the researcher analyzed data he collected through direct observations. In this study, the researcher managed to conduct direct observation in 14 fourteen meetings of a reading class. The researcher then named the meetings with number serially based on the date and the time when the observations were conducted. Based on the direct observations, the teacher generally conducted four learning techniques in English reading class. They were reading activity, answering comprehension question, composing interrogative sentences, and comparing two English texts. The researcher managed to classify his findings on