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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter contains of nine subchapters. It covers the research design, the setting of the research, the subjects of the study, the research instruments, the data
collection techniques, the data analysis technique, the research procedures, the validity and the reliability of the data, and the indicator of success.
A. Research Design
Based on the research objective, this research was categorized into action research because it is a study aimed at identifying problematic situation that the
participants consider worth looking into more deeply and systematically Burns, 2010. The two important factors that could influence the success of the research are
discussion and collaboration among participants. Basically, this study was aimed to find the feasible problems needed to solve soon related to teaching and learning
process of speaking and to implement some actions to improve the students’ speaking skills of the eight grade students of SMP Negeri 3 Depok Sleman Yogyakarta in the
academic year of 20132014 through the use of video. The researcher, the English teacher, and the collaborator worked collaboratively to collect the data concerned
with the weaknesses and the obstacles of the English teaching and learning process related to the students’ speaking skills. Then, they identified the research problems,
planned and implemented the actions, and finally evaluated and reflected the actions in a systematic way. Kemmis, 1996
B. Setting of the Research
1. Place of the Research
SMP N 3 depok is located in Sopalan, Maguwoharjo, Sleman, Yogyakarta. It is near INSTIPER Yogyakarta. There were three English teachers there and it had 12
classes; four classes for the first grade, four classes for the second grade and four classes for the third grade. There were 32 students in every class. There were not
many facilities for learning English and it was limited used. There was no language laboratory there, but each class had already an LCD.
2. Time of the Research
The research was conducted in the second semester of the academic year 20132014 and started from January up to May based on the academic calendar and
class schedule.
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