Research Design Source of Data Research Instrument

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The present chapters present the description of the research method used in the study. This includes research design, source of data, research instrument, and procedure of data.

A. Research Design

Since this study was intended to examine or observe the present condition of the instructional materials display within the Smart Steps the Smartest Way to Learning English an English Textbook for Junior High School Grade VII . So, the design employed in this study was descriptive analysis. The writer functions in this study as the main instrument or key instrument. For this purpose, the researcher has implemented some descriptive procedures. The data gathered was analyzed in such a way to obtain valid result of the study. The design of this study is textbook analysis, using a document analysis, where the researcher judges the textbook analyzed as one of the parts in curriculum that is instructional material in the form of textbook. According to Alwasilah 2006, p.31 evaluation from analysis is an activity of judgment towards an object based on a set of criteria, objective and can be responsibility, as a part of the controlling textbook quality. This study also called analysis because it tries to analyze objectively whether the material coverage in the Smart Steps the Smartest Way to Learning English an English Textbook for Junior High School Grade VII which is published by GANECA EXACT in line with the English syllabus and Guideline in English textbook assessment recommended by Puskur. Based on the kind of data, the study is quantitative research; the data are in the form of numbers that constitute a description towards the object analyzed.

B. Source of Data

The source of data of this study is the material coverage in the English textbook at the odd semester for the first grade students of Junior High School entitled Smart Steps the Smartest Way to Learning English an English Textbook for Junior High School Grade VII published by GANECA EXACT which has been developed based on the 2004 Competency-Base Curriculum and written by Ali Akhmadi.

C. Research Instrument

In this study, the researcher used an instructional material analysis sheet describing the criteria of the material coverage aspects based on the guideline required from guideline in English textbook assessment and a course in language teaching.

D. Procedure of Data