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C. Research Participants
As said previously, the research was conducted in SMK Sanjaya Pakem in X AK accounting class in academic year 20142015. The X AK class consisted
of 20 students: fifteen 15 girls and five 5 boys. They represented as the participants of this research. Based on preliminary study, the researcher found that
the students had difficulties in constructing sentences. Therefore, this research aimed to overcome their problems by implementing a particular teaching
technique in the classroom.
D. Research Instruments and Data Gathering Technique
The researcher used some instruments to conduct this research, such as students‟ drafts, observation sheets, questionnaires, and interviews. The researcher
used triangulation technique to gather the data used for this research. The researcher used multiple sources of data to avoid dependence on a single source of
data for the purpose of enhancing confirmation of the findings see Table 3.1. It might integrate two or more sources of information. If there were several sources
lead to same conclusion, a stronger case was made Ary et al., 2010, p. 525.
Table 3.1. Instruments and Data Collected
Instruments Data Collected
Time Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Observation Sheet
The learners activity, the
learning process,
teaching strategies
May 6, 2015 Meeting one: May 7, 2015
Meeting two: May 8, 2015
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Questionnaire Students‟
perception of the materials
and the learning process.
May 6, 2015 Meeting one: May 7, 2015
Meeting two: May 8, 2015
Interview The detail data
of students‟ perception.
- May 13, 2015
Students‟ Drafts
Student s‟ score
in their drafts of compound
sentences related to the
topic on the day.
May 6, 2015 Meeting one: May 7, 2015
Meeting two: May 8, 2015
1. Students’ Drafts
S tudents‟ drafts were used as the major source in this research to gain
students‟ error percentage from each compound sentence. The researcher collected the students‟ drafts from two cycles in order to figure out whether the
error percentage of the students‟ drafts decreased or not. According to Burns 1999, a s
tudents‟ draft or a students‟ written text is a source of documents readily available to all language teachers. The researcher
asked the students to write compound sentences related to topic on the day in two cycles. Burns 1999 also re
veals that the students‟ written texts help the researcher to assess their progress in writing. Therefore, the researcher used the
students‟ drafts to collect data related to the progress of students‟ writing skill in constructing compound sentences.
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