Research Methods RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter discusses the methods of the study. It is also discusses the certain analysis used to prove the research from the data gathering. This chapter is divided into five parts of discussion. They are the Research Method, Research Setting, Research Participants , Research Instruments , Data Gathering and Data Analysis.

A. Research Methods

In order to answer the research problems, the researcher employedsurvey method in this study. According to Fraenkel and Wallen 1994: 11 survey is a research in which the researchers summarize the characteristics of individual or groups, such as abilities, preferences, and behavior or characteristics of physical environment. Since this study investigated the students’ perception on the teaching English activities, survey method was an appropriate method to be conducted. This study gathered the data by asking the students’ of Sekolah Alam Nurul Islam Yogyakarta. The data was about the students’ perception on the English teaching learning activity. The data were obtained in the form of qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were in the form of the result of interview and the quantitative data were the data from the result of questionnaires. In order to answer the first question stated in the first chapter, the researcher employednaturalistic observation and interviews with the English teacher and a group of students. In a naturalistic observation, the researcher observes the class activities to identify how the lesson had been implemented without altering situation in any way. So, during the teaching-learning activities, the teacher’s and students’ behavior will occur naturally. The interviews were employed in order to find out some information about the implementations of the variation of teaching learning activities that was not seen by the researcher during the observation. In interviewing, the researcher interviewed both the English teacher and the students. The purpose was to find out the real situation of English teaching learning activities variation. In order to answer the second question, the researcher distributed questionnaire to the First Grade Students of Sekolah Alam Nurul IslamYogyakarta. The questionnaire is employed in order to find out the students’ perception on English teaching learning activities through their English teaching learning activities implementation. In order to find the answer of the third question that concerns with the students’ thought about good teaching learning activities in their school, the researcher conducted an interview with some students in that school who choose randomly by the researcher. Besides that, the researcher also conducted an interview with the English teacher of the school. The aim is to know the teacher’s opinion about the teaching learning activities that had been implemented in the class.

B. Research Setting