CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the description of the research method used in this research. Includes the objective of study, time and place of research, population and sample, research
method, instrument of research, research procedure and data analysis.
A. Objective of Study
As mention on previous chapter, the objective of this study is to know is effective the result on teaching the simple present using communicative approach.
B. Time and Place of Study
This research was carried out at the seventh year students of SMP Islam al-Fajar, located at Jl. Aria Putra No. 102 Kedaung-Pamulang. The observation was conducted from
November to December 2008.
C. Population and Sample
The Population in this research is all of the seventh year students of SMP Islam Al- Fajar Kedaung-Pamulang. The seventh year of this school consists of three classes with 40
students in class VII A, 38 students in class VII B and 38 students in class VII C. So, all the students in seventh year are 116 students.
The writer did not take total number of population as sample but it was taken randomly 44 students. That was taken from the class of VII-A and VII-B, the VII-B as the
experiment class and VII-A as the control class. The sample is taken by using cluster random sampling.
D. Research Method
This research is an experimental study in which the experimental class and controlled class were conducted by the writer. In this research, the writer taught the students in
experimental class using the communicative approach and controlled class using audio- lingual method.
The research was done for ten meetings. The writer gave the pre-test in the first meeting. Then, after ten meetings the writer gave post test to both of the class. The test was
same in quality and quantity to keep the reliability of the test. It was given to know which class got better learning achievement.
E. Instrument of Research
The instrument of the research, the writer used the English grammar test to know students’ score in learning the simple present tense. And to know ‘is effective using
communicative approach in teaching the simple present tense?’ The test had been given twice, those are pre-test and post-test. The test consists of 30 questions. In instrument of
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