CHAPTER IV RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS
This chapter presents and discusses the research methodology and findings based on the data gathered during the experimentation. In line with the problems, it
presents and discusses as follows:
A. Research Methodology
1. Subject of the Research
The subject of the research was the second grade students of MTs Al-Falah Bogor which consist of two classes. They are called experimental class and
controlled class. The object of the research was teaching degrees of comparison of adjective using Pictures and teaching degrees of comparison of adjective
using grammar translation method.
2. Time and Location
The research took place at MTS Al- Falah Jl. Raya KH. Rafe‟i No.11 Nagrak
Gunung Putri, Bogor for two weeks, March 22nd – April 9th, 2010. The lesson
was held twice a week, 40 minutes for each lesson. The research was conducted in the second semester of the academic year of 2009
– 2010.
3. Population and Sample
In this research, the writer took the population from the second year students of MTS Al-Falah Bogor. The second grade of this school consists of three
classes with the total of the students is 118 persons. The writer did not take the total number of population as sample but it was
taken randomly by using lottery or we can call simple random sampling. The sample of this research is 60 students divided into 2 classes, namely class VIII-
A and Class VIII-B. The writer found those classes is low in grammar especially in degrees of comparison of adjective. So she used these two classes
for the research because she found the problem in their grammar. Both of the classes used grammar translation method for language teaching and learning. In
the research the writer used VIII-A for experimental class using pictures in reinforcing degrees of comparison of adjective and VIII-B for controlled class
using grammar translation method.
4. Research Method
This is an experimental research investigating the use of picture in reinforcing degrees of comparison of adjective of second grade students of Mts
Al-Falah . The experimental method differs from the naturalistic method because the essence of the experimental method is use of control and
manipulation of variables. The group in which the variable is manipulated is called the experimental group. In this case, the experimental group is to teach
degrees of comparison of adjective by using pictures, while, the controlled group does not use pictures during teaching-learning process. The controlled
group serves as a standard for judging the effect of a manipulation you will introduce in the experimental group.
Suppose that for the experimental group we now introduce a change in one of the variables. The variable that is changed is teaching using pictures. The
researcher wants to find out the result of this change of variable compared to the usual method of teaching teaching without using pictures.
5. Instrument of the Research
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