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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND FINDING
This chapter presents the research methodology and research finding, consist of method of research, subject and object of the study, place and time of
the study, technique collecting and analysis data, discussion of the data, and the interpretation of test result.
A. Research Methodology
1. The Purpose of Research
The purpose of the the research is to prove some theories wether it is true that short story can give significant improvement on students’ motivation in
reading and to get empirical data about the formulated problem.
2. The Place and Time of Study
The writer was carried out the research at SMP Islam Al-Fajar Kedaung on Jl. Aria Putra No. 102, Kedaung. It was done at grade VII- A in academic year
20102011. She conducted the research on November 2010-February 2011.
3. The Population and Sample
The writer did research to the seven grade of SMP Islam Al-Fajar Kedaung that involved in teaching learning process using short story, the population of the
VII-A is 35 students. The write took them all as sample.
4. The Method of Study
In this research, the writer used the description evaluative method. This study based on field research. Field research, the writer conducted on observation,
interview with the English teacher of the school the research was done at SMP Islam Al-Fajar Kedaung.
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5. The Technique of Collecting Data
Technique of collecting data has goal to support the success of the research. It helps the research to get the data and the information about the process
of improving students’ motivation in reading by using short story. On the other side, the qualitative data uses pre-test and post test.
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1 Observation
In general, the class condition in learning process was better than the previous. The students is very exicted in this activities. It could be seen from
students who were ready to follow the lesson and they have a high motivation to reading a story when the teacher was given. When the teacher gave the short
story, there was some students rise their hand and offer them to reading a short story in front of the class. After that, the students are interesting in teaching and
learning process, because the teacher always brought the differences stories and has pictures when teaching reading in the classroom.
In here, teacher also played as facilitator. She gave attention to the students and she was fair with them. Almost the students looked very active and
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Interview The result of this interview of the teacher after the research, the writer
carried out the unstructured interview with the teacher. Here, the teacher agreed that the
short sory text can improving students’ motivation in reading ability. She believe that the students could practice their reading outside. And the teacher
would be plesed to used short story technique when she teaches reading in the classroom.
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Suharsimi Arikunto, Penelitian Tindakan Kelas, Jakarta: Bumi Aksara, 2009, pp. 127- 132.
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