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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the methodology of the research. This includes the research method, the research participants, the research instruments, data gathering technique, data analysis technique, and the research procedure related to the research.

A. Research Method

This research is going to obtain the students’ perception on the teaching learning processes in the Book Report Course; therefore this research belongs to a descriptive research, and the method used is survey research. According to Best 1970, as cited in Morrison et al. 2000: 169, descriptive research concerns with: Conditions or relationships that exist; practices that prevail; beliefs, points of views, or attitudes that are held; processes that are going on; effects that are being felt; or trends that are developing. At times, descriptive research is concerned with how is or what exist is related to some preceding event that has influenced or affected a present condition or event. While according to Morrison et al. 2000: 169, survey study gathers data at a particular point in time with the intention of describing the nature of existing conditions, or identifying standards against conditions which can be compared, or determining the relationships that exist between specifics events. In this research, the researcher looked for the students’ perception on teaching learning activity in Book Report Course. It concerned on how the teaching-learning processes in Book Report Course, how the assessments PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 16 conducted, and the students’ perception on Book Report Course. In this research, the researcher gathered the data needed by distributing questionnaire and conducting interview.

B. Research Participants

The participants of the research were the students of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University who had taken Book Report Course. For Book Report Course was offered in the second semester, therefore the participants were the students from the third semester in 2010. The researcher chose the students who had taken Book Report Course rather than those who had not taken the course or those who were taking the course to avoid bias. The researcher considered the students who had not taken Book Report Course had no experience in Book Report Course, while students who were taking Book Report Course were being burden by the ongoing process.

C. Research Instruments