CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Research Design
In this research, the researcher used descriptive qualitative research. According to Bodgan and Taylor in Setiyadi, qualitative research is research that produces
descriptive data in form of written words or oral from the subject and it behavior that can be observed, therefore the goal is an individual understanding and its background
completely.
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The descriptive qualitative method is used to investigate the students’
problem in writing recount text. Sugiyono stated that qualitative research has natural setting as the direct source of data and researcher is the key instrument, dynamic in
looking the object, based on a real object, holistic, and there was not influence from others.
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uring the research, researcher investigated the students’ problem in writing recount
text of the eighth grade of SMPN 4 Bandar Lampung. The researcher investigated the
problem faced by the students, then identified the problem, classify the problem, finally calculating frequency and percentage to find the most dominant problem in
writing recount text.
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Ag Bambang Setiyadi, Metode Penelitian Untuk Pengajaran Bahasa Asing Yogyakarta : Graha Ilmu, 2006 p. 218.
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Sugiyono, Metode Penelitian Pendidikan Bandung : Alfabeta, 2013 p. 17.
B. Research Subject
The researcher selected the people or participants who know the phenomenon of the problem. The researcher chose English teacher and students of the eighth grade of
SMPN 4 Bandar Lampung as the subject of research. Table 4
The Students Population of the Eighth grade of SMPN 4 Bandar Lampung 20152016
No Classes
Gender Total
Average Score Male
Female
1 VIII A
4 22
26 78.64
2 VIII B
9 16
25 72.48
3 VIII C
6 19
25 73.08
4 VIII D
10 16
26 72.88
5 VIII E
12 14
26 73.92
6 VIII F
12 14
26 73.70
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Source : The document of SMPN 4 Bandar Lampung Furthermore, the researcher chose one English teacher and one class as the sample.
For the teacher, the researcher asked the teacher about the students ’ ability and
problems in writing of eighth grade of SMPN 4 Bandar Lampung. For the students, the researcher chose VIII B class as the sample class. The number of students at VIII
B is 25 students, 9 male and 16 female. The reason why the researcher chose VIII B Class, because the lowest score in writing recount text was VIII B. The explanation
above is based on the score which is given by English teacher at SMPN 4 Bandar Lampung.
C. Data Collecting Technique
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