form was used. The open-ended question form was used as there would be any predetermined answers which limit the lecturers’ and students’ responses.
B. Research Participants
The participants of this research were taken from the fourth semester of Sanata Dharma University students in Public speaking I class and some lecturers of
Public Speaking I. The participants were taken from some classes of English Education Study Program in the university. They were class b, c and f. The researcher
chose those classes because those classes used same room IK03. The fourth semester students at Sanata Dharma University were chosen
because they still had Public Speaking I class in this semester and they were more experienced with conventional or traditional seating arrangement than the students in
the lower semester. Most of the students in the fourth semester had experienced studying in English Education Study Program base rooms IK.03, IK.10, IK.11,
IK.12, IK13, IK.15, IIK.31, IIK.32, IIK.33. The researcher also conducted interview to the lecturers because it was better to know Public Speaking lecturers’
opinion whether they were comfortable teaching Public Speaking I where the class used traditional seating arrangement. The researcher chose Public Speaking lecturers
because that subject had different activities and perhaps seating arrangement could influence the activities. In Public Speaking I class most of the activities were group
work cooperative learning. Therefore, it was necessary to know the students’ and lecturers’ perceptions on the conventional or traditional seating in Public Speaking I
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teaching and learning activities work efficiently in Public Speaking class using the traditional seating arrangement at Sanata Dharma University.
C. Setting
This study was conducted in even semester academic year of 20072008. It took place at IK03 for three classes: b, c and f at Sanata Dharma University.
D. Research Instrument
To do this research, the researcher used a questionnaire and interview as instruments for gathering the data from the fourth semester students and lecturers of
Public Speaking I of English Education Study Program. The researcher made fourteen close-ended questions with three open-ended
questions for Public Speaking I students would be asked in the questionnaire to get the data for the analysis. The close-ended questions were supposed to find out the
students’ perceptions on the traditional seating arrangement. The open-ended questions were supposed to not only find the students’ perceptions but also gather any
suggestions to support teaching and learning activities in Public Speaking I class. The interview was conducted to verify the results of the main instrument. It was meant to
ensure and recheck the students’ answer in the questionnaire. The researcher chose the three interviewees who answered with the clear answers in the open-ended
questionnaire that represented the students who agreed and disagreed with traditional seating arrangement. The researcher made four questions in the form of open-ended
interview with the Public Speaking I lecturers. The objectives of these questions were to find out the students’ and lecturers’ perceptions on the conventional or traditional
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