the population will be expensive and needs much time.” The third step was conducting the focused interview. The number of participants was smaller than
the questionnaire. The fourth step was analyzing the data gathered from the questionnaire and focused interview. The data was limited only on the basis on the
researcher’s needs. This research used mixed mode of study, the data was presented in form of description and in form of statistics calculation.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents detailed information about the data gathered in this study. The discussion involves two main sections; they are data analysis based on
the research question: what are the Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta Senior High School students’ perceptions on the use of Yahoo Messenger as a tool for English
language learning and discussion.
A. The Perception of Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta Senior High School Students on the Use of Yahoo Messenger as a Tool for English Language Learning
The data were obtained by distributing sixty eight questionnaires among the eleventh grade students of Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta Senior High School. To
obtain further data the writer conducted focused interview to ten eleventh grade students of Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta Senior High School.
1. Data Presentation of the Questionnaire
In order to find out the Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta Senior High School students’ perception on the use of Yahoo Messenger as a tool for language
learning, the writer distributed questionnaires. The participants were the XI IA1
students and XI IA 4 students of Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta Senior High School. The following table is the detailed information about the questionnaire
distribution.
Table 4.1 Questionnaire Distribution
Date Time
Location Total number
students of the class
Total participants
March 6, 2009 09.00-09.30
Class XI IA 1 35
35 March 6, 2009
09.30-10.00 Class XI IA 4
33 33
a. The Result of Closed Questions
Below are the results of the questionnaire analysis closed questions that were discussed per part. There were four responses to be chosen in the
questionnaire: 1. strongly disagree SD, 2. Disagree D, 3. Agree A, 4. Strongly SA agree.
1 The Students’ Background Knowledge about Yahoo Messenger
This part consists of two items. The purpose of this part is to find out the Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta Senior High School students’ background knowledge
about Yahoo Messenger. The following is the table that shows the percentage result of the part A of the questionnaire.
Table 4.2 Questionnaire Result of Part A
SD D
A SA
No. Statement
Percentage 1.
Saya tahu apa itu Yahoo Messenger.
I know what Yahoo Messenger is.
60,29 38,235
2. Saya sangat sering mengakses
Yahoo Messsenger. I often
access Yahoo Messenger. 2,94
16,176 64,705
14,705
All of the respondents knew what Yahoo Messenger is. It was proved by the data gathered from the questionnaires, as shown in table 4.2. Out of sixty eight
