system of Theme and Rheme is realized in the analysis. Hopefully, the result of this research could improve the students‘ performance in writing.
Figure 2.2 Theoretical Framework Systemic Functional Linguistics
Realization Grammar
Interpersonal Meaning Textual Meaning
Ideational Meaning
Transitivity MOOD
Theme and Rheme
Discourse Analysis Recount Text
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CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
This chapter discusses the method of investigation that will be conducted in the research. It consists of the research design, object of the study, role of the
researcher, type of data, procedure of collecting data, procedure of analyzing data, and technique of reporting the result.
3.1 Research Design
This study investigates what metafunctions are realized in students‘ recount texts, so this study elaborates the realization of the data analysis to find out the
meanings realized from the data. Thus, the study is a qualitative research. According to Creswell 2008:4, ―qualitative research is a means for exploring
and understanding the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem.‖ This study investigates the result of the data descriptively, so the study
is a qualitative descriptive since the data are in the form of words. Denzin and Lincoln 1994:2 stated that:
Qualitative research is multimethod in focus, involving an interpretive, naturalistic approach to its subject matter. This means that qualitative
researchers study things in their natural settings, attempting to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of the meanings people bring to them.
The object of the study is students‘ texts which include in discourse analysis. A discourse research is commonly a qualitative descriptive because it interprets
and exemplifies social phenomena subjectively by the researcher‘s perspective in
analyzing what happen beyond the text. The qualitative researcher interprets the meaning of the data based on the investigation. Then, the result of investigation is
presented descriptively in order to draw conclusion. And the researcher was also used quantitative approach in calculating the findings. Quantitative approach is
used in order to strengthen the qualitative data, so the data can be reasonable and objective.
3.2 The Object of Study
The object of the study was the recount texts of the eighth grade students of SMP 2 Kudus in academic year of 20142015. The researcher took the recount
texts from the students of class 8G because they had taken material about recount text, so they knew about the material. There were 30 students in class 8G.
3.3 Roles of the Researcher
The role of the researcher in this study is as a data collector and an analyst. As a data collector, the researcher collected the students‘ recount texts from class 8G
of SMP 2 Kudus in academic year of 20142015. As an analyst, the researcher analyzed the data to get the answer of the problem. The researcher tried to analyze
the students‘ writing by using three metafunctions approach; these are
interpersonal, ideational, and textual meaning.
