36 This study was conducted in one Islamic Junior High School MTsN in
Jambi city for some reasons. Firstly, it was the model school for other Islamic Junior High School MTsN in Jambi city. Secondly, the school succedeed to pass
all students in the National Exam 100 from 20052006 up to 20082009 Depag Kota Jambi, 2009. Thirdly, the school welcomes the researcher who
wants to conduct a research as a part of teachers’ professional development. At the time of data collection, the school employed 5 English teachers and
they all agreed to take part in the study. However after they noticed that they would also be observed, 2 of the teachers resigned after completing the
questionnaire. Therefore only three participants were involved in this study. The participants were observed regularly at least three times a week, and interviewed
twice. The table below shows demographic data of the teachers. It shows each teacher’s highest educational qualification, whether they held teaching
qualification Teach Q, whether they were specifically trained as a language teacher ELT Q, the lenght of years they had been teaching Yrs of Exp, their
ages Age and the number of classes they taught in the school at the time No. Of Classes. All names have been coded in order to maintain anonymity.
Table 3.1: Teacher Demographics Participants Gender
Highest Qualification
Teach Q
ELT Q
Yrs of Exp
Age No. Of
Classes
T1 M
S1 Degree √
√ 10
38 6
T2 F
S1 Degree √
- 4,5
34 6
T3 F
S1 Degree √
- 5
33 6
37 In addition, T1 and T3 are given the responsibility to handle local content
lesson which emphasizes the speaking ability. This is one of the school vision and misssion to develop students who are educated in islamic way combined with the
general ability in order to compete with non Islamic junior high school.
3.3 Data Collection
As stated previously, the data for this research were collected using qualitative research method. Patton 1980: 22 in Merriam, 1988: 67 states that
qualitative data consist of detailed descriptions of situations, events, people, interactions, and observed behaviors; direct quotations from people about their
experiences, attitudes, beliefs, and thought; and excerpt or entire passages from documents, correspondence, records, and caser histories.
The idea that qualitative case studies rely heavily upon qualitative data obtained from interviews, observations, and documents Merriam, 1988: 68
which are conducted not only as the conclusion of the study but also in an ongoing way Frankel and Wallen, 1993: 383. Based on this theory, the
researcher collected the data by using questionnaires, interview, classroom observation, and document data.
3.3.1 Questionnaire
Questionnaire provides a means of communications between respondents and researcher Labaw, 1937: 9 in order to get the respondents’ responses in a
form of written data. The questionnaire in this study was in form of closed questions in which the actual answer categories are provided to the respondents.
38 The respondents are expected to choose the answer category which comes closest
to or best represents their feeling, beliefs, attitudes, opinions, behavior, or knowledge of a situation Labaw, 1937: 131.
A questionnaire, including the major principles of CLT, namely group work, quality and quantity of error correction, the place and importance of grammar, the
role and contribution of the learners, and the role of the teacher, served as the instrument of the study. The questionnaire was originally developed by Karavas-
Doukas 1996: 191, consisted of 24 statements 12 favorable and 12 unfavorable which followed the Likert scale.
As stated in previous section, the modified questionnaire were presented to the participants after a pilot study had been conducted. Advisors’ suggestions
were taken into consideration during the questionnaire modifying process. The questionnare were placed in 5 categories order: Group workPair work, Error
Correction, Role of Grammar, Teacher Role, and Learner Role in order to ease the teachers comprehend the questionnaire.
According to Karavas-Doukas 1996, the maximum score that can be obtained in the attitude scale and the one indicative of the most favorable
attitudebeliefs toward CLT is 120, the middleneutral point is 72 and the minimumthe one indicating the least favourable beliefs towards CLT is 24. Thus,
favourable statements i.e statements consonants with principles of the CLT is scored 5 for “strongly agree” down to 1 for “strongly disagree”; for the scoring of
unfavourable items the scoring was reversed unfavourable items scored 1 for “strongly agree” up to 5 for “strongly disagree”.
