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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Context of the Research

1. Place and Time of the Research

The research was conducted in SMP N 7 Surakarta. The school is located on Jl. Mr. Sartono no: 34 Surakarta. Its location is far from the main street so that it is very comfortable for teaching learning process because it is not noisy there. The situation of the school environment is safe and quiet. The condition of the school is good. SMP N 7 Surakarta has three grades of class. They are the seventh grade, the eighth grade, and the ninth grade. Each grade consists of six classes. Besides the eighteen classrooms, the other rooms are headmaster office, teacher office, administration office, library, laboratory, multimedia room, computer room, art room, language laboratory, canteen, and mosque. The research was conducted at the seventh grade class of SMP N 7 Surakarta in academic year of 20112012. The class where the researcher observed is VII-C class that consists of 36 students. It is equipped with facilities to support the learning processes. Those facilities are tables and chairs as many as the number of students, a whiteboard and a blackboard. The condition of the classroom support the teaching and learning very much. The study was conducted from March to April 2011 as shown as follows: No Activity Time of Research 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Preparation of try out and pre test Pre Test Action Post test Analyzing the data March 2010 March 2010 March - April 2010 April 2010 May 2010 commit to user 31

2. Subject of the Research

The subject of the research is the seventh grade students of SMP N 7 Surakarta class VII C. Class VII C has 36 students consisting of 18 boys and 18 girls. The students of SMP N 7 Surakarta, especially in class VII C, have difficulties in reading comprehension. T he students’ achievement varies. There are some students who have higher achievement than the others. There are also some students with average achievement. There are students with below average achievement in comprehension of texts. There are some characteristics of the students in Class VII C. There are some girls who are diligent and motivated in the learning activity. However, the boys tend to be lazy and less motivated. Usually the good ones are diligent, active, motivated, serious and interested to know more about the material. The weak students tend to be passive, lack of motivation, not serious, and annoying to the other students.

B. Research Method

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