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B. Research Method
Research location and time, the research was taken place in SMP Negeri 1 Weru. This research was conducted for 4 months from June 2012 to
September 2012. Type and strategy of the research, this study was a descriptive qualitative research. The qualitative research explains the result of
research thoroughly and precisely, so that it is expected that the discussion of research result can be conducted in-depth. This research describes the
problems, then analyzes and interprets the existing data. Research subject and object, the subject of research was the VIIE graders consisting of 34 students
of SMP Negeri 1 Weru. The object of research was the role of parents and learning achievement.
Data and data source, the data in this study is interview result. Data were collected in the form of words derived from interviews in the field and
from books related to the study. Source of data needed in this study as follows. The primary data source is the source of the data obtained directly
from the respondents as the information source of data: Headmaster, Class teachers, Parents, The VIIE graders. Secondary Data Source: Secondary data
sources are data to support the primary data, secondary data are derived from documents in the form of SMP Negeri 1 Weru student names and student
achievement scores. Method of collecting data, there are two methods of collecting data, interview and analyzing document.
Data validity is a measure showing the level of instrument validity. For the instrument to be accurate, it should meet the conditions of data validity.
To examine the data validity, triangulation was used. Triangulation technique used was data triangulation, namely to validate the data using informant
review.
C. Research Finding and Discussion
Parents play important part in improving education quality through family education. It is related to a proverb “the primary education is the
family one”. Parents play strategic role in improving their children’s learning
3 achievement. The parent’s success in improving the child’s learning
achievement may improve the quality of education in general. Such the parent’s role is the form of education outside school supporting formal
education. The management of out-of-school education, including family education the parents do may help in improving education in general.
Recalling the importance of parent’s role in improving the child learning achievement, particularly in English subject, this research will
discuss the factors affecting the parents in improving t heir children’s English
learning achievement, the role of parents in improving their children’s English learning achievement, and the constraints the parents face in
improving their children’s English learning achievement. In line with those three discussions, the VII D grade will be used as the
subject of research consisting of 40 students. The reason why the VII D grade is used as the subject of research is because the mean English subject score of
the grade is the lowest, compared with other VII graders. The data collection was conducted in two ways: distributing questionnaire and interviewing. The
questionnaire containing student learning achievement and parent’s role was distributed first. The result of response was calculated with percentage. Then
interview was conducted as primary data. The explanation of research result is as follows:
1. Factors Affecting the Parents in Improving Their Children’s English
Learning Achievement
Formal education is a complex process taking time, fund, and energy as well as cooperation from many parties. A variety of aspects and
factors was involved in education process as a whole. No education successfully achieves the specified objective by itself without interaction
of various supporting factors existing in the education system. Teaching- learning process cannot be separated from various factors affecting and
supporting it. One of main supporting factors is the parent’s role in improving the child’s learning achievement.
