representative class which presented the characteristics of the participants. Finally, the writer chose Class E as the representative since that class applied an individual
and impromptu test which then allowed the writer to obtain natural behavior of the participants as the data to be analyzed. There were 22 participants, 18 female and
4 male. The data were obtained while the participants did their final test of
Interactional Speech II on Friday, 23 May 2008. The writer observed the participants and recorded their speeches.
C. The Nature and Source of Data
In order to acquire the data about students’ mastery of nouns stress placement, the researcher recorded the students’ speech in Interactional Speech II
while the subjects were doing their final test. The test was an individual and impromptu test. The students entered the room one by one, drew the lottery to
choose the topic, and did the test. The topics were daily topics and had been discussed in class before, such as giving directions, describing people’s physical
appearance or characters, and describing traffic situation, therefore the students would not face many difficulties in doing the test. This kind of test helped the
writer in obtaining the natural behavior of the subjects. Had not known the topics they would talk about, the students did not prepare any script nor memorized their
speeches therefore what they did in the test was a real reflection of their knowledge. While the subjects doing the test, the writer observed the subjects,
recorded their speeches, and also took some notes related to their behavior. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
The gathered data were regarded as an authentic material since it was the recording of students’ productions. Moreover, this recorded material was
considered valid since it was not revised.
D. Research Instruments
The instruments being used in this research were the researcher as a human instrument and the documents which were the students’ speeches and the
transcription of the speeches. The students’ speeches were gathered by recording it while the students did the final test. The researcher used the recorded speech
instead of gathering written documents since she intended to analyze the participants’ understanding of the word stress in practice rather than in theory.
Moreover, after acquiring the speeches, the writer transcribed and analyzed them in order to solve the problem formulation.
E. Data Gathering Technique
Focusing on the data gathering technique, the writer took two simple steps. First of all, the writer chose the participants and then asked for permission from
the lecturer of the Interactional Speech II Class and also from each student in that class by sending them short messages. After that, the writer conducted the
research on 23 May 2008 by observing the class and recording the speeches of the participants in order to gain the data.
F. Data Analysis Technique
