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Figure 3. Classroom action research spiral Kemmis McTaggart, 1988
B. Research Respondents
The respondent involved in this research was VIII G Class, one of eight grader classes of SMP Negeri 2 Yogyakarta. This class consisted of 30 students
whose age ranges from 12 to 14 years old. There are 12 male students and 18 female students in this class. This class was the researcher
‟s participants when the he applied English comics as the media to increase their motivation. The students
were also asked about their motivation in reading English texts and the effects of English comics on their motivation by using questionnaires.
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C. Research Setting
The research setting was classified based on the type of the research. There were two researches that the researcher used in this study i.e. library research and
implementation research. 1.
Library Research The researcher did the library research in the library of Sanata Dharma
University, Mrican, Tromol Pos 29, Yogyakarta. The researcher chose this library because it supported the researcher in looking for the books that contained the
theories needed by the researcher. This library also provided internet connection which the researcher used to find internet resources.
2. Implementation Research
The research setting of implementation research was divided into two categories based on the types of the building. The first setting was information
about the school. The second setting was information about the class where the researcher implemented comics.
a. The research setting of the school.
The needs observation was conducted in SMP Negeri 2 Yogyakarta. This school is located in Jl. Panembahan Senopati No. 28-30, Yogyakarta. This school
had in total of 22 classes; seven classes of seventh grader, seven classes of eighth grader, six classes of ninth grader, and two classes of Cerdas Istimewa
acceleration classes. Each class consisted of 28 to 32 students of average. The learning process started from 7.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. every Monday, Tuesday,
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Wednesday, and Thursday, from 7.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. every Friday, and form 7.00 a.m. to 11.45 a.m. every Saturday.
b. The research setting of the class.
The class observation took place in VIII G Class of SMP Negeri 2 Yogyakarta
. English lesson teaching and learning activities were based on Curriculum 2013. The English lesson was carried out twice a week with four class
hours in total. English was taught every Tuesday and Wednesday in this class. Each meeting has two class hours whose the duration was forty minutes for each
class hour.
D. Research Instruments
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