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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In this chapter, the researcher discusses how the research was conducted. This chapter consists of five parts, namely research method, research setting,
research participants, instruments and data gathering technique, and data analysis technique.
A. Research Method
In this study, the researcher employed survey research as the research method. Survey research is a type of study which involves the collection of data
from sample of elements that drawn from a population Visser, Krosnick, Lavrakas, 2000. Furthermore, according to Fraenkel and Wallen 1993, the survey
research is intended to describe the characteristic of population p. 344. There are two research questions in this research. To answer the research
questions, the researcher gathered the data by distributing questionnaires to the participants and conducting FGD Focus Group Discussion.
B. Research Participants
The participants of this research were the students of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University, Batches 2013, 2014, and
2015. The selected participants involved in this research were 79 students who are still studying in ELESP. The researcher distributed the questionnaires to all
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participants, while FGD was only conducted to three students who are still working as part-time English teachers. These three students were selected randomly to be
involved in FGD after they answered the questionnaires distributed by the researcher. By selecting these three students, the researcher expected that they could
express their opinions and experiences in more detail of being part-time English teachers. Moreover, the FGD could strengthen the data collection conducted by the
researcher.
C. Research Settings
This research was conducted in odd and even semester August 2016 – April
2017, Academic Year 20162017. The research was divided into two parts. The first part was the questionnaires distribution which was conducted in February
2017. Meanwhile, the second part was the FGD session with the students in Sanata Dharma University which was conducted in April 2017.
D. Research Instruments and Data Gathering
In this research, the researcher used questionnaires and Focus Group Discussion FGD to collect the data. They were aimed to collect the data about the
positive impacts of being part-time English teachers and how far the teaching experience motivates the students to learn English.
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