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The first reseach problem is the students‟ perception of the weekly public
speaking which were collected through distributing the questionnaire. The second research problem is related with the
students‟ sugestions to improve the weekly public speaking which were collected through interviews. Therefore, the data of
the second research problem would be presented in the form of words verbal data to provide more i
nformation related to the students‟ perception of the weekly public speaking.
B. Research Setting
The research was conducted at
Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Godean
from January-March 2013. The researcher chose the students of
Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Godean
as the research students. The researcher distributed the questionnaire on January 21
st
2013 and February 11
th
2013 for the interview. Please see Appendix 1
C. Research Participants
The participants in this research were the students of
Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Godean
in the academic year 20122013. The researcher selected the students who have conducted the weekly public speaking in
Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Godean
. There were 68 students who experienced weekly public speaking. The researcher chose them as the students because they
experienced the weekly public speaking activity. The researcher chose purposive sampling in order to select the students in
this research. According to Ary, Jacobs, Razavieh 2002, purposive sampling
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refers to representative of the total students chosen from the population in which the researcher judges that they provide the data needed. In this research, the
researcher believed that they were able to give the data needed to the researcher to complete the data.
D. Instruments and Data Gathering Technique
In this research, there were two instruments to collect the data from the students. Those two instruments were used to obtain the data were questionnaire
and interview as follow.
1. Questionnaire
Questionnaire is one of data gathering instruments in which the respondents answer several questions or respond in the form of writing
Best Kahn, 1986. From the statement, it can be seen that instrument is an important role in a research in order to obtain the data from the students.
Questionnaire is divided into two types, close-ended and open-ended. According to Ary, Jacobs, Sorensen 2010 open-ended questions are used where
the researcher want to know deeper about the questions. It allows the individual more freedom of response because certain feeling or information may be revealed.
While, close-ended questions are used when the researcher hopes for specific answer and the possible responses is limited.
In this research, the researcher used close-ended questionnaire. There were 22 close-ended questions and 2 open-ended questions in the questionnaire. In this
research, the researcher used likert scale in the questionnaire. Likert scale is a scale with a number of points that provide ordinal scale measurement
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Wiersma, 1995. There are some likert types can be used by the researcher. Ary, Jacobs, Razavieh 2002 state
“likert-type items let subjects indicate their responses to selected statements on a continuum, from strongly agree to strongly
disagree.” The researcher chose five levels from strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree. Please see Appendix 3.
Table 3.1 Sample of the Questionnaire Form No
Statement SA
A N
D SD
1 Saya senang dengan diadakannya
Weekly Public Speaking
2. Interview
In this research, an interview was used to complete the data from the questionnaire. According to Best and Kahn 1986, interview is like an oral
questionnaire. Interview provides opportunity to in-depth information and clarifies unclear answers Wiersma, 1995. In this research, the interview result was used
to clarify and strengthen the students‟ responses in the questionnaire. Based on Ary
et al.
2002, there are two types of interview: structured and unstructured. The researcher used structured interview in order to get structured
data or ordered data needed. The researcher took six students out of sixty-eight students to be interviewed from the same respondents. The researcher chose three
students who had positive response and three students who had negative response toward the implementation of the weekly public speaking. Based on
Wiersma 1995, the researcher recorded the interview and then typed the recording between the researcher and the students since tape recorder can retain
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the entire oral communication. The result of the raw data of open-ended questions was put in the appendix. Please see Appendix 6.
E. Data Analysis Technique
In the next chapter, the researcher would report and analyze the data. The close-ended part will be reported in the form of percentage and presented in a
table. To measure the students‟ perception, the researcher used likert scale in the questionnaire. It showed the indicated range of students‟ responses. After the
researcher got the data from the questionnaire and knew the degree of students‟ responses of the scale, which were strongly, agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and
strongly disagree. Then, the researcher calculated the number of each statement into percentage. The researcher reported the questionnaire in form of numbers and
used a formula to know the score of each scale in a percentage form. The formula is shown as follows.
x 100
∑x = the number of students that choose the same scale in each statement ∑n = total student
F. Research Procedure
In order to conduct the research, the researcher employed the steps involved in survey research Ary et al. 2002. Those steps are:
1. Planning
In this step, the researcher defined the problem that attracted the researcher‟ interest and determine the topic of the research. The researcher
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defined two research pr oblems in this research, they are: “What is students‟
perception on the implementation of weekly public speaking in
Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Godean
” and “What are the students‟ suggestions to improve the implementation of weekly public speaking in
Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Godean
.” After that, the researcher needed to get the permission letter from the
secretariat of the study program ELESP by previously getting the approval for doing the research from the thesis supervisor. Next, the researcher copied the
permission letter 3 times, one is for the dean, one is for the researcher, and another is for the school. Then, the researcher needed to go to the dean‟s office to get the
official stamp. 2.
Defining the population The researcher chose
Sekolah Menengah P ertama Negeri 1 Godean
as the population of this research because this school implemented the activity of weekly
public speaking. therefore, the researcher chose this school to do a research about weekly public speaking. The researcher chose all the students of
Sekolah Menengah P ertama Negeri 1 Godean
in the academic year of 20122013. 3.
Sampling In this research, the researcher took sampling by choosing the students‟
who experienced conducting weekly public speaking in
Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Godean
. The researcher used purposive sampling to get the students of this research. the sample taken was based on the goal of this research.
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In this research, the researcher employed group-administered questionnaire in which the researcher distribute the questionnaire on a certain student.
4. Constructing the instrument
After the researcher defined the students, the researcher began to construct the instruments to obtain the data needed. In this researcher, the researcher
developed a questionnaire and an interview protocol in this research. 5.
Conducting the survey Having finished constructing the questionnaire, then the researcher
distributed the questionnaire in order to get the data from the students. After distributing the questionnaire, the researcher interviewed the students.
6. Analyzing the data
In this step, the researcher analyzed the data gained from the questionnaire and interview. After analyzing the data, the researcher reported the research
findings in this research report. This chapter consisted of the research method, research setting, research
participants, instrument, data analysis technique, and research procedure. All the information is used to obtain the data of the research. The result of the research is
presented in chapter IV.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In this research, the researcher presents and discusses the results of the questionnaire and interview. There are two discussions in this chapter. The first
discussion is the students‟ perception on the implementation of the weekly public speaking. Then, t
he second discussion is the students‟ suggestion to improve the weekly public speaking in Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Godean
.
A. The Students’ Perception on the Implementation of the Weekly Public
Speaking in
Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 1 Godean
This part presents the data to answer the research problem related to the students‟ perception on the implementation of the weekly public speaking in
Sekolah Menengah P ertama Negeri 1 Godean
Research Problem 1. The data were obtained by distributing the questionnaire consisted of 22 statements toward
68 students. In order to cross check the data obtained from the questionnaire, the researcher presents the data from the interview.
As stated in the methodology, the researcher used close-ended questions to obtain the data. The options used in the questionnaire are strongly agree, agree,
neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree. The researcher also used open-ended questions to elicit detailed information of the students‟ perception on the weekly
public speaking. In addition, the interview result is used to support and clarify the information gained from the questionnaire.
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