Data Gathering Technique METHODOLOGY

class consisted of 40 students, in which will be difficult to conduct in- depth research, thus the method of random sampling with the amount of 50 + 1 was chosen. e. Design of the procedure for data collection. In this step, the researcher made the practical schedule for obtaining the sample and using the instruments. f. Collection of the data. This step began with the analysis of the pre-test. The pre-test was taken from the writing section of English final test result that was held in December 2007 Appendix 6. After that, the research continued with the observation to the immersion class. In the observation itself, the researcher made field notes. During this process, the researcher was also gaining new data and information about international class through the discussion with the headmaster and the teacher. The information was about the adaptation of Cambridge international curriculum to the international class in SMAN 3 Yogyakarta, the technical problem, and the additional test, A Level. On the other hand, to assess the students’ English writing skill mastery from the subconscious personal level, the researcher also assessed and analyzed students’ notes on the subjects other than English for the spontaneous writing result. The data gathering was continued into the deeper level by employing the interview technique, so that the personal data may be collected. In the interview, the concept of data saturation was also employed to avoid having redundancy of the information. The last data gathering process was done by giving PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI task to the students to make their own composition, serving as the data of their achievement after underwent the teaching learning process Appendix 15. g. Analysis of the data. The analysis of the data was conducted through the analysis of students´ compositions. The compositions were analyzed by employing the theory of discourse analysis to find about the students’ level of English writing mastery, and also the diction and choice of words. To help the analysis, the rubric elaborated in this chapter was used. The result of the document analysis was taken into account and the researcher peeked at the result of the pre-test as the comparison. The score from pre-test and the post-test were calculated for t-test by SPSS 16.0.1 Full Version. Using the automatically converted t-value to p-value, the significance was concluded. h. Preparation of the report. Within this step, the researcher started to arrange the gained data, and then processed all the data into a report. By implementing these steps, the result of the research is expected to be organized and structured in a logical order. The result and discussion of it will be done in the next chapter.