40 The purpose of this technique was to get information about the teaching
and learning activity. The result were used to identify the problems in the reconnaissance stage before the action, which determined the planning stage.
While in the acting and observing stage during the action, the results were used to assist the research members in describing the students’ and the teacher’s
behavior and the problems that occured in the classroom during the implementation of the action. The results of observation were described in the
form of field notes.
2. Interview
The type of interview that was used in this research is the semi-structured interview. The researcher developed some specific questions, but the researcher
allowed for some flexibility according to how the interviewee responded. Teacher and students were individually interviewed before and after the teaching and
learning process. This technique was used to discover the response of teacher and students about the teaching and learning process. The researcher asked students’
and teacher’s perceptions, thoughts and opinions about the teaching and learning process. The responses were transcribed from audiotape.
3. Questionnaire
A questionnaire was also used in this research. The questionnaire was used in the reconnaissance stage. The purpose of using this technique was to find out
students’ multiple intelligences. To implement the Multiple Intelligence-based technique, the researcher must know the students’ intelligences. The result of this
41 technique was used in designing the English teaching and learning process of
reading that was suit with students’ characteristics.
4. Reading Comprehension Test.
There were two kinds of test that were used in this research. Those were pretest and posttest. A pre-test was administered in the reconnaissance stage.
Upon completion of the actions, a post-test was administered. These tests helped the researcher to find out the student’s reading comprehension ability before and
after the researcher implemented the activities that were based on the theory of Multiple Intelligences. The researcher compared the results of the two tests. The
results of these tests could show the result of this action whether there was
improvement or not of the student’s reading comprehension ability. F.
Research Instruments 1.
Observation Sheet
The observation sheet was used as a guide to gather information in the teaching and learning process when the action was conducted. It contained some
aspects with several indicators of each aspect. Those aspects were related to how the teacher taught reading, students’ behavior, and the learning materials. The data
were recorded every time through some descriptions in the form of field notes.
2. Interview Guide.
