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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses and presents the place and time of the research, the method of the research, the population and sample, the technique of data
collecting, the research instruments, and the technique of data analysis.
A. The Place and Time of the Research
The writerconducted the research at YPI CempakaPutihBintaro. The writer do the research on June 2014. She did the research at second grade of YPI
CempakaPutihBintaroatsecond semester academic year 20132014 to be analyzed.
B. The Method of the Research
In doing the research, the writer used the quantitative qualitative studyand then usedcomparative and correlational study as its methods. In this research
shetries to find outthe difference between the students who always attend the English language course and the students who rarely attend. And also she tries to
find out whether English language course is influence to the students’ achievement
in English language learning. After she findthe difference between them, then she correlatedthetwo variables, based on its correlation coefficient value. The two
variables are independent variable X variable and dependent variable Y variable. The independent variable is English language course attendance X
variable and the dependent variable is the students’ achievement in English
language learning Y variable. She used the documentationto get the data. After she got the score of the
students’ attendance, then she took the students’ English score. Both of variable;students’ attendance in English language course and students’ English
score are taken from the documentation of the school.
C. The population and Sampling
1. Population
Population is the group to which a researcher would like the results of a study to be generalizable.
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Population this research is the whole students in second grade of SMP YPI Bintaro.
Table 3.1 Class Data of VIII SMP YPI Bintaro
Class Male
Female Total
VIII 1 13
28 41
VIII 2 20
21 41
VIII 3 14
16 30
VIII 4 23
15 38
VIII 5 24
14 38
VIII 6 28
13 41
VIII 7 24
15 39
TOTAL 146
122 268
Accordimg to the data above, student in second grade of SMP YPI Bintaro is 268 students.
2. Sample
SuharsimiArikunto writes on his that sampling is a part of population of the research
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, and L. R. Gay writes that Sampling is the process of selecting a numbers of individuals for a study of such a way that the individual is represent
the larger group from which they were selected.
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And according to Sukardi,
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L. R. Gay, EDUCATIONAL REASEARCH, Competencies for Analysis and Application, Columbus: Merril Publishing Company, 1976, 3
rd
Edition, p. 18.
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Prof. Dr. SuharsimiArikunto, PROSEDUR PENELITIAN, SuatuPendekatanPraktik, Jakarta: PT. RinekaCipta, 2006, 6
th
Ed., p. 131.
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L. R. Gay, op. cit., p. 17
sampling is a part of population that chosen as a data research.
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If the subjects are less than 100 the researcher is better take the entire subject, and it is called as
population research. But if the subject is broader, the researcher can take 10-15 or 20-25 or more.
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The writer decided take 15 of the population of second grade of SMP YPI Bintaroon this research. And the total students become the
sample of this research is 40 students.
D. Instrument of the Study
The instrument of this research is the observation and documentation. The observation is consisted of the list of the situation seen in English language
course. There ten item list of the condition in English language course, and those
can be seen as the table below,
Table 3.2 Observation Sheet of English Language Course Activities
No. Students’ Course Activities
1 Total students entering the course.
2 How many students come on time?
3 How many students seriously
in giving attention to the teachers’ explanation.
4 Students have the active role in the discussion in the course
5 Students listen to the tutor carefully and enthusiastic showing the
responses, ex: smiling, laughing when listen to funny story and etc.
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Sukardi, MetodologiPenelitianPendidikan, KompetensidanPraktiknya, Jakarta: PT BumiAksara, 2003, 1
st
Ed., p. 54.
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Prof. Dr. SuharsimiArikunto, PROSEDUR PENELITIAN, SuatuPendekatanPraktik, Jakarta: PT. RinekaCipta, 2006, 6
th
Ed., p. 134.
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