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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. The Setting and the Time of the Research
This study was carried out at SMAN I Girimarto, Wonogiri, Central Java. The school is located on Jalan Maron Girimarto. Maron is the name of the hill
where SMAN I Girimarto is situated. This school is located far from a main street and surrounded by forests, small river and rice fields, so it is difficult to reach by
public transportation. SMAN I Girimarto is the only senior high school in Girimarto. There are
four classes of grade X X
1
, X
2
, X
3
, X
4
, four classes of grade XI which consists of one natural science study class XI
IPA
and three social science study classes
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IPS
1
, XI
IPS
2
, and three classes of grade XII which consists of one natural science study class XII
IPA
, two social science study classes XII
IPS
1
, XII
IPS
2
. The facilities of SMAN I Girimarto are a small library, a natural science
laboratory, a language laboratory, 10 toilets, a parking area, three school canteens and a mosque.
There was no difficulty to manage the time to carry out an action research in the classroom that the writer teaches. The time schedule of the research could be
done easily without disturbing the teaching and learning process. The action was from February to September, 2007.
The time schedule of the research in SMAN I Girimarto in 20072008 academic year is described on Table 3.1 as follows:
Table 3.1. Time Schedule of Research. No
Activities Time Estimation
Notes
1 . Pre-survey
January, 2007 2.
Performing and writing proposal February-June, 2007
3. Reviewing literature
July, 2007 4.
Developing Instrument July-August, 2007
5. Collecting and analyzing data
August-September, 2007 6.
Writing reports September-October,2007
7. Submitting the document
October-December, 2007
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B. The Subject of the Research
The subject of the study is the twelfth grade students of social science study program XII-IPS
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of SMAN I Girimarto. They are 40 students, consisting of 17 male and 23 female. Most of them were reluctant to learn, because they
have not known yet why they must study. In addition, they were not eager to continue their study after graduating from SMA. They wanted to get a job in many
big cities, most of their parents are money makers over there and the rests are farmers in the village. Commonly, their parents do not motivate their children to
study hard and to attend the school lessons actively. This can be seen from the book of presence. One of the reasons they were reluctant to go to school is because
of the transportation cost. It is rather difficult to reach SMAN I Girimarto. The number of transportation means is limited. There is no bus passing by near the
school. Sometimes they must go to school on foot, the transportation cost is not cheap.
The language used by the students of SMA Girimarto to communicate in their daily communication is Javanese. They are not used to communicating in
Indonesian and English in their daily conversation. When the English teacher encourages them to speak English, they respond passively. They are not
accustomed to use it and they are afraid of making mistakes. Consequently, their English ability is not satisfactory yet.
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C. The Method of Research
