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the form of numbers and measures, while qualitative research describes phenomena in the form of words. This research belongs to qualitative
because it is done for the purpose of understanding social phenomena and the descriptions are in the form of words descriptive data.
In http:www. Translationbureau.ge.capwgse_internetfr_e.html stated that qualitative research is a research technique that is used to gain
insight into the underlying issues surrounding a research problem by gathering nonstatiscal feedback and opinions rooted in people’s feelings,
attitudes, motivations, values, and perceptions often from small samples; also called soft data.
Kirk and Miller in Lexy. J. Moleong, 2002:3 states “ penelitian kualitatif adalah tradisi tertentu dalam pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan
social yang secara fundamental bergantung pada pengamatan manusia dalam kawasannya sendiri maupun dalam peristilahannya”. Qualitative
research has the aim of understanding experience as nearly as possible as its participants feel it or love it. Researchers interact with people in a natural
setting. When researcher research people qualitatively, they need to know people personally about their daily experience.
B. The Research Method.
Method is a way of doing something. As stated above that this research is qualitative, so the method is qualitative as well. Qualitative
method yield descriptive data which are appropriate with the characteristic of the qualitative research. Moleong 2005:6 states that the descriptive data
are collected in the form of word or pictures instead of numbers. In qualitative method, researchers interact with people in natural setting
because researchers try to get deeply involved in the world of people being studied. Researchers can do all these activities by using observation and
interview
C. The Place and the Time of the Research.
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The research was carried out at SLB A YAAT Klaten from May to June 2010. It was based on the consideration that this school has good
English in teaching learning process. SLB A YAAT Klaten is located at Angsana Trunuh Street, Klaten
Selatan. The SLB A YAAT Klaten is one of the schools in Klaten which has good education for children with visual impairment. There are three
grade of education, such as, Kindergarten, Elementary School and Junior High School. The name is school is SLB- A YAAT. This school is
equipped with educational support facilities, for example; computer rooms, living skills, early detection, library, auditorium and special service units.
Moreover, this school has a good image because of its good English lesson.
D. The Sources of the Data.
Data sources of the qualitative research can be taken from man and his behavior, phenomena, documents, archives and others Sutopo,
2002:23. The sources of the data in this research were: 1. Events.
Considering the aim of qualitative research, the researcher tries to get a description about English teaching learning process for children
with visual impairment. In this research, the objects observed were those related with about English teaching learning process. They were:
the role of the students, the role of the teachers, the goal of the instructional, the material of instructional process, the teaching
method, the media and evaluation.
2. Informant. Hornby 1995 states that informant is a person who gives
information about something, for example in doing research. Here the researcher has some informants, those are teacher, staff and students.
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3. Document. Document is written information about something. In this research,
the researcher’s information is in accordance with the setting of the research and every single thing that is related to describe the teaching
learning process of English. The documents used by the researcher are in the form textbook, student’s worksheet, teacher’s hand out and
lesson plan.
E. The Techniques of Collecting the Data.
