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C H A P T E R III R E S E A R C H M E T H O D O L O G Y
In this chapter, the writer discusses Research Methodology which consists of seven main topics; The Method of The Research, The Population and The
Sample, The Instrument of The Research, The Place and The Time of Research, The Technique of Data Collecting, The Technique of Data Analysis, and The
Hypothesis of The Research.
A. The Method of the Research
In this study, the writer used quasi-experiment method. The quasi experiment research has characteristics as stated
by Nunan “Quasi-experiment has both pretest and posttests and experimental and control groups, but no
random assignment of subjects”.
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Means that the writer will not give an assignment to each subjectstudent in determining which person that will be in
experiment class and which person that will be in control class. He only took the sample from existing groupclass to determine which group that will be
experiment class and which group that will be control class. The writer took and compared two classes for the research; they were
experiment class and control class. The research was conducted in five meetings. In the first meeting, the writer gave pre-
test to obtain the students’ achievement before the treatment was done. Then the writer gave the
treatment for three meetings in teaching degree of comparison using pictures for the experimental class and without using picture or through conventional
teaching method for the control class. The last, the writer gave post-test to know whether there was significance difference of students
’ achievement after doing a treatment in both classes.
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David Nunan, Research Methods in Language Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, p. 41.
B. The Place and the Time of Research
The place of research is a location where the research is done; while for the time, it consists of the description of when the research is done, such as:
semester, academic year and how long the research is done.
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The research was conducted at SMP AD-
DA’WAH which is located at Jalan Madrasah Tanah Koja Rt. 00702 Kel. Duri Kosambi, Kec. Cengkareng, Jakarta Barat,
from March 3
rd
2014 until March 29
th
2014. First the writer asked the permission to headmaster in doing the research on March 3
rd
2014. The next was giving the pre-test to the students on March 20
th
2014, and then he gave the treatment for three meetings; the first meeting started on March 21
th
2014, the second meeting on March 27
th
2014, and the last meeting on March 28
th
2014. After that, the writer gave a post-test to the students on March 29
th
2014. The research was done for 5 times 90minutesmeeting and was conducted at the second semester of academic year 2013-2014
Table 3.1
The Schedule and the Agenda of The Research
No. Time
Agenda 1
Monday, March 3
rd
2014
The writer asked the permission to headmaster of SMP AD-
DA’WAH to do the research.
2
Thursday, March 20
th
2014
The writer gave pre-test to the students in both experiment class and control class.
3
Friday, March 21
th
2014,
The writer started the first treatment to the students in both experiment class and control class.
4
Thursday, March 27
th
2014 The writer did the second treatment to the students
in both experiment class and control class.
5
Friday, March 28
th
2014. The writer did the third treatment to the students in
both experiment class and control class.
6
Saturday, March 29
th
2014 The writer gave post-test to the students in both
experiment class and control class.
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Kadir. et al., Pedoman Penulisan Skripsi, Jakarta: Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan, 2013, p. 61.
