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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter presents a discussion about the method used in the study. The discussion includes the method of research, setting description, data sources,
technique of data collection, and technique of data analysis.
A. Setting and Time of the Research
The research was conducted at the eleventh grade class of SLB B YRTRW Surakarta. It is located at Jalan Gumunggung RT 01II Gilingan, Banjarsari,
Surakarta. This SLB-B is cooperated with a Non-Government Organization named Yayasan Rehabilitasi Tuna Rungu Wicara YRTRW with the act of notary, date: 6
July 1981 No. 1. This school is a school which specialized in teaching children with hearing impairment. This school providing education from preparation level Taman
Kanak-kanak, up to high education level Sekolah Menengah Atas. The background reasons of the institute to open a school specialized for
students with hearing impairment are because: 1. UUD 1945 pasal 31: Tiap-tiap warga Negara berhak mendapatkan pengajaran
Every citizen has the right to be educated. 2. The negative opinion from the society that the children with hearing impairment
do not need education. 3. The difficulties that the teacher will get if the children with hearing impairment
are studied in normal school. 4. Even though the students with hearing impairment have disabilities, they can
develop themselves if they are educated well.
The first SLB-B YRTRW was built in Balurwati RT 14 RW XIII No.12 Pasar Kliwon Surakarta. The first academic year was opened in June 1981 and the classes
which were available are Preparation Class and Elementary Class. There were ten students in Preparation Class and seventeen students in Elementary Class with only
two teachers in charge at that time. In academic year of 1982-1983, the school opened new class that is Vocational class and there were seven students in that class. The
school also added six more teachers in 1983. At the same year the school was moved to Sambeng, Sidoarjo, Banjarsari, Surakarta with lease building.
In 1986 the school also built a dormitory for the students. The reason why they built a dormitory is to give some place for the students which live in the area
other than Surakarta to stay. The dormitory is built near the school so the school could give more services and help to the students in education.
In 1996 the school improved their education services by giving craftsmanship training also make up and beauty salon training to their students. Until now, the
school keeps improving their education services. There are several new improvement in this school education, there are: speech developing education bina wicara, also
rhythm and sound perception education bina persepsi bunyi dan irama. The school also improved its facilities by providing: speak trainers; hearing aids; craftsmanship,
salon, and tailor equipment. Every new student who enroll in this school will have hearing test to
determine the severity of their hearing impairment, but if the student is transferred from the other school, this student should submitted approval letter from the student‟s
previous school also approval letter from hearing specialist doctor. After doing hearing test and determineing the severity of student‟s hearing impairment, then the
student is not classified into different classes according to their hearing impairment severity.
The students with the same grade will be gathered in the same class regardless their hearing impairment severity. Even though they are in the same class, the seating
position is arranged based on their hearing impairment severity. For example, if the
student‟s left ear condition is better than hisher right ear, so heshe will be seated in the right side, so hisher left ear‟s position will be closer to the teacher and vice versa.
In addition, students with severer hearing impairment will be seated in the front row or closer to the teacher.
The research was conducted on XI grade students of SLB B YRTRW Surakarta. The class is clean and quite comfortable for the teacher and students. There
is one table and one chair for the teacher, two tables and three chairs for the students, a chair for the observer, a white board and a fan in the side of the class to keep the
class cool and comfortable.
Figure 3.1 The XI grade classroom of SLB B YRTRW Surakarta
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Description: 1. Students‟ chairs
2. Students‟ tables 3. Observer‟s chair
4. Teacher‟s table 5. Teacher‟s chair
6. Fan 7. Door
8. Whiteboard
The researcher chose this school as the subject because the researcher wanted to learn about the teaching and learning process in students with hearing impairment,
teacher‟s and students‟ problems in teaching-learning English, also students‟ proficiency in English. The school also has available data that the researcher needed.
The school is not too far from the researcher‟s place so it more effective and efficient in time and the researcher has a lot of chances to gather and collect data and
information needed. The research was conducted from September 2013 until November 2013.
Table 3.1 Research schedule
Process June
July Aug
Sept Oct
Nov Dec
Research Proposal Research Permission
Conducting Research Data Analysis
Research Report
B. Research Design
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