CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Objective of the Study
The objective of the study is to describe the motivation of second year students of SMPN 234 Jakarta.
B. Place and Time of the Study
The research of this study was conducted at SMPN 235 Jakarta which is located on Pesanggrahan Raya, Pesanggrahan Jakarta-Selatan. This research was
started in May 2, 2007 and was finished in July 8, 2007
C. Method of the Study
In this skripsi, the writer uses a descriptive quantitative. Descriptive quantitative aims at exploring and classifying the phenomena or social facts, by
describing some variables related with the research problems.
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D. Population and Sample
The population of this study is the second grade students of SMPN 235 Jakarta of 2006-2007 academic years, namely 200 students. The sample of this
study is 39 students, taken by using random sampling technique. From the 39 students as a sample, only 37 of them are analyzed because the two of the students
did not fill the questionnaires because they were sick.
E. Instrument of the Research
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.H. Syamsir Salam, Metodologi Penelitian Sosial, Jakarta: UIN Jakarta Press, 2006, p. 13
To collect the data, the writer uses questionnaires. The questionnaires is ‘closed’ in the sense that respondents only marking a checklist on the given
answer. The questionnaires consist of 30 items. The items consist of positive and negative question. A positive question has 18 items and a negative question has 12
items. In this instrument the answers are: sangat setuju strongly agree, setuju agree, Ragu-ragu In doubt, tidak setuju disagree, and sangat tidak setuju
strongly disagree.
Table 1. The Answers of the Instrument Score
Alternative of Answers Positive Negative
Strongly agree 5
1 Agree 4
2 In doubt
3 3
Disagree 2 4
Strongly disagree 1
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1. Conceptual Definition
Motivation is an internal and external drive, which pushes a person to do something toward a certain goal
2. Operational Definition
Scores obtained by the students after they filled out the questionnaires about the students’ motivation in learning English, which consist of the
following indicators: positive task orientation, ego involvement, need for achievement, high aspiration, goal orientation, perseverance and tolerance of
ambiguity.
3. Specification
Table 2. Indicators of Motivated Learner Score
No Indicators Positive Negative
Total Items
1 Positive task
orientation 1,5,7 3
4 2 Ego
involvement 2,4
6,8 4
3 Need for achievement
9,11,13 10,12
5 4 High
aspirations 14,16,17,29
15 5
5 Goal orientation
18,20 19,21
4 6 Perseverance
22,24 23,25,30
5 7
Tolerance of ambiguity 26,28
27 3
Total 18 12
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F. Technique of Analyzing Data
In this research, the writer uses a percentage to describe the students’ motivation in learning English.
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Data Description
In this chapter, the writer will give a report as the data description. These data are obtained from the questionnaire about the student’s motivation in learning
English of SMPN Jakarta in the Second Grade. The respondents consist of 37 students. After collecting the data, the students’ motivation shows that the highest
score is 50 and the lowest score is 30.
Table 3. The Frequency Distribution in Learning English Interval Frequency
Percentage
121 – 150 3
9 71 - 120
33 91
30 - 70 -
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The above table shows that the students’ motivation is categorize medium. The students who has high motivation are 3 persons or for about 9 . Even while
the students who has medium motivation are 33 persons from 37 students or 91 .
Table 4. The Result of Questionnaires
No Student Score 1 A 81
2 B 81
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