Data Gathering Technique Data Analysis Technique

D. Data Gathering Technique

The researcher collected data by using three research instruments. The first was observation checklist. The researcher used the observation checklist during the implementation of dialogue journals in two classes of the tenth grade of SMAN 1 Depok. The observations were taken in three weeks, where two observation checklists each week since there were two classes observed. The next research instrument was a questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed for two classes in one meeting. Respondents of the questionnaire were students of the tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Depok of the 20082009 academic year of class XB and class XF. The resulted data of questionnaire would be presented in the form of paragraphs. In gaining deeper data of students’ perceptions, the researcher conducted an interview. The interviewees were eight students who were taken from two different classes. In this case, four students were taken from each class as the interviewees. The interview was aimed to find out further information about students’ opinion on the use of dialogue journals and to find out the evaluations and suggestions for the implementation of dialogue journals. The interview was conducted individually and in an informal situation in order to create a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere for the students.

E. Data Analysis Technique

In analyzing the data, the researcher followed four steps. The first step was analyzing the observation checklists in order to observe the implementation of dialogue journals in two different classes. All data about students’ behaviors that appeared in observation checklists would be summarized and written in paragraphs to describe the process of the implementation of dialogue journals. The second step was analyzing the results of the questionnaire. The data collected from questionnaire were recapitulated in the form of table. There were four choices of responses to the statement on the questionnaire as follows; 1 was strongly disagree, 2 for disagree, 3 for agree, and 4 for strongly disagree. Then, the researcher counted the percentage of each response. The researcher made the interpretation of the results in the form of written paragraphs. The next step was classifying the results of the open-ended questionnaire. Then, the researcher also transcribed the results of the interview and classified it. The last step was interpreting the results of the interview. In interpreting the interview transcript, the researcher was careful and used mindful interpretation since the results of the interview cannot be concluded by the number of statements.

F. Research Procedure