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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter is divided into several parts, they are: the purpose of the research, the method of the research, place and time of the research, the subject and object of
the research, the writer’s role on the study, research design, the Classroom Action Research CAR procedures, technique of data collecting, technique of data analysis,
the trustworthiness of the study, and criteria of the action success.
A. Purpose of The Research
This research is conducted to know whether using songs as the medium of retaining students’ memory on irregular verb can be effective or not. In
addition, this writing is expected to be useful especially for the writer to improve her English teaching technique, and, in general, for English teachers and everyone
who reads this writing.
B. Place and Time of The Research
This research takes time about six 6 months to be done. It is started from November 2010 to April 2011. The place is at the eighth grade male
Tirmidzi of SMPIT Raflesia Cimanggis- Depok, academic year 20102011.
C. Subject and Object of the Research
1. Subject of the Research
The subject on this research is the students at eighth grade male Tirmidzi of SMPIT Raflesia, Cimanggis- Depok academic Year 20102011. Total
amount of the students are twelve 12 students, and all of them are male. 2.
Object of the Research
The object of this research is song as the medium of retaining students’ memory on irregular verb.
D. Writer’s Role on the Research
In this CAR, the writer has a role as a researcher who does the action, observes the research, and analyzes all data after implementing the action.
E. Method of The Research
The method used in this research is Classroom Action Research CAR. It is called so because it is a part of action research which is done in the
classroom. As quoted by Wina Sanjaya from Elliot 1982 “action research is a
discussion of problems in society with the aim of improving quality of action through the process of diagnosing, planning, acting, observing, and reflecting
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Furthermore, Wallace stated in his book “Action Research for Language
Teachers” that “action research is very different with other kinds of research”. It involves the collection and analysis of data related to some aspects of teachers’
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Prof. DR. H. Wina Sanjaya. M.Pd., Penelitian Tindakan Kelas. Jakarta: Kencana Media Group, 2009. p. 25.
professional practice. In addition, action research is done to reflect what teachers have discovered and apply it to their professional action”.
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Suharsimi Arikunto in his book Penelitian Tindakan Kelas defined Classroom Action Research as a research which is done to improve the quality of
teaching practice.
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Moreover, David Kember stated in his book “Action Learning and Action
Research” that: Action Research deals with social practice. Education is a
social practice and in most cases it involves the direct interaction of teachers and groups of students. Besides, action
research is portrayed as cyclical or spiral process involving steps of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. It is
normal for a project to go through two or more cycles and each cycle incorporates lesson from previous cycles.
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Therefore, Classroom Action Research is a kind of action research which is done in the classroom and has objective to improve the quality of teaching
practice. Instead, it is also done by teachers to solve any problems found in the classroom. Planning, acting, observing, and reflecting are the phases that must be
done to implement CAR in the classroom.
F. Research Design
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