10. Analyzing the results of students’ writing;
11. Classifying students’ recount text writing ability based on the
classification of score levels quantitatively; 12.
Analyzing which aspect of writing that was poorly achieved; 13.
Concluding the research result descriptively to answer the problems of the research;
14. Reporting the result of the research.
3.2. Area Determination Method
For the area determination of this research, the researcher applied purposive method. It is a method applied based on certain reasons or purposes
Arikunto, 1998:127. Therefore, this research was conducted at SMP Negeri 1 Tempeh Lumajang due to some technical reasons. Those reasons are stated as
follows: 1.
The Principal of SMP Negeri 1 Tempeh Lumajang and the eighth grade English teacher had granted permission to conduct this research at their
school; 2.
SMP Negeri 1 Tempeh Lumajang implemented 2006 Institutional Based Curriculum which covered the teaching of recount text writing for the
eighth grade students both in the first and second semester; 3.
The data about the students’ recount text writing ability through descriptive study had not been available yet in this school. From the result
of the research, the English teachers could get some information about the students’ recount text writing ability. It is hoped that the English teacher
could further help the students to overcome their problem in writing and find the best technique to teach writing.
3.3. Respondents Determination Method
Respondents determination method deals with the method be used to determine the subject or individual in which from them the data can be obtained
later. In this case, respondents refer to an individual or a group of people who
respond or answer to the researcher’s questions in the form of spoken or written answer Arikunto, 1998:172. The respondents of this research were taken from
the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Tempeh Lumajang in the 20142015 academic year. From the school document, it was known that there are nine
classes of the eighth grade level and the total number of the students was 335. This research applied proportional random sampling method to determine
the respondents of the research. According to McMillan 1992:71 and Fraenkel and Wallen 2000:93 random sampling is a sampling method used by randomly
selecting the member of the population; every member of the population has an equal and independent chance of being selected for the sample. Thus, the
researcher took respondents from each class to represent the eighth grade students’ recount text writing ability. By applying this method, it was expected
that the samples taken could be more accurate and representative in describing the eighth grade students’ recount text writing ability at SMP Negeri 1 Tempeh
Lumajang. According to Arikunto 1998:119, if the total number of the population is
more than 100 people, researcher can take 10-15 or 20-25 of the total population as the samples. In this research, the researcher took 10 of the
students’ total number in each class randomly by using lottery. It meant that the researcher could randomly choose four students as the representative from each
class. Thus, the total number of the sample was 36 students. The number of the samples taken from each class is presented in Table 3.1. below.
Table 3.1. Samples Taken from Each Class
No. Class
Population Calculation
Samples
1 VIII A
38 students 10 × 38 students = 3.80
4 students 2
VIII B 36 students
10 × 38 students = 3.60 4 students
3 VIII C
37 students 10 × 38 students = 3.70
4 students 4
VIII D 38 students
10 × 38 students = 3.80 4 students
5 VIII E
38 students 10 × 38 students = 3.80
4 students 6
VIII F 38 students
10 × 38 students = 3.80 4 students
7 VIII G
37 students 10 × 36 students = 3.70
4 students 8
VIII H 35 students
10 × 36 students = 3.50 4 students
9 VIII I
38 students 10 × 38 students = 3.80
4 students
Total
335 students 36 students
3.4. The Operational Definition of the Key Terms
