D. Data Gathering Technique
Producing descriptive compositions became one of the items in the curriculum of the school for all grades in SMKN 2 Depok. Therefore, the data
were gathered through students’ production of the compositions. At the beginning of the teaching-learning activity, the teacher explained the materials related to the
topic of descriptive. In the following teaching-learning activity, the teacher gave a task to students which required them to make a descriptive composition. The
compositions should be submitted to the teacher in the end of the class. When the class was dismissed, the researcher met the teacher to acquire the compositions.
The task which was given to the students can be seen in Appendix B. The data gathering was conducted twice. The first data gathering was
conducted on October 13, 2009 in order to gain the data from class XI Teknik Pemesinan A
TPA. Meanwhile, the second data gathering was conducted on October 28, 2009 to gain the data from class XI Geologi Pertambangan B GPB.
E. Data Analysis Technique
The data involved the basic clauses patterns that were used by the students including the distribution of each pattern. Therefore, the researcher analysed the
basic clauses patterns in students’ compositions and made classifications of the basic clause based on the seven patterns. Then, each pattern was counted in the
matter of how often they were used by students. This step was conducted to find out the distribution frequency of each pattern. The next step was to find out
students’ mastery over each pattern. To find out students’ mastery over each
pattern, the researcher compared the occurrence of the correct clauses and the intended clauses. However, the standard measurement to determine students’
mastery was the occurrence or frequency of the correct clauses since it reflected students’ ability to use the basic clauses correctly.
In other words, after all of the basic clauses were classified based on the seven patterns and their distribution frequencies were found, the results of the
classification and the distribution frequencies were taken into qualitative description which could give the parameter of how well students’ mastery over
the basic clause patterns was. In addition to the qualitative description, the more determining factor to determine students’ mastery was the frequency of the correct
clauses. Next, the writer made conclusions to provide the answer to the research questions.
F. Research Procedure
To conduct the research and obtain the objectives, the researcher made some steps. The first step was that the researcher asked the permission from
Bappeda Sleman to conduct the research and to obtain the data in SMKN 2 Depok. Second, before conducting the research and obtaining the data, the researcher
reviewed the materials from the handbooks which were used by the students and the teacher of SMKN 2 Depok. This step was aimed to know the topics of the
lessons. In this case, the topic determined teacher’ teaching-learning activities and determined the task which were directed to students to make descriptive
compositions.
After reviewing the materials and topics from the handbooks, the researcher carried out the third step, that was consulting and determining the topic
related to the lesson with the English teacher of SMKN 2 Depok. Next, the researcher conducted the research by obtaining students’ descriptive compositions
as the result of the teaching-learning activities and the task which was given. The researcher obtained the compositions after the teaching-learning process was
dismissed. After obtaining the data, the researcher analysed the data. Afterward, the researcher interpreted the data and discussed the research findings. Then, the
conclusions and suggestions were drawn. Finally, the researcher reported the result of the research.
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