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Chosen sample for each strata or group was done by using Random Number Table.
E. The Instrumentation
The instrument of research was used by the writer in collecting data is a questionnaire which is formulated and designed based on the indicators of the
variables. The writer quotes the questionnaire from Joy M Reid in Understanding
Learning Styles in the Second Language Classroom . The questionnaire consists 30 items in the Likert Scale Form; a scale with a number of points or spaces,
usually at least three but no more than seven see appendixes. The illustration of questionnaire can be seen as follows:
1. Students’ Learning Style
a. conceptual definition Learning style is students’ preferences in how they use their abilities of
acquiring, using and thinking about knowledge. b. operational definition
Learning styles is the scores that the samples obtained after they answered questionnaire items about learning styles, for following
indicators; Audio Learning Style an d Visual Learning Style. Each statement of questionnaire has four options and different point of
each option; strongly agree has four points, agree has three points, disagree has two points, strongly disagree has one points by considering likert scale
of questionnaire see appendixes. c. Specification of instrument
The instrument consists of 30 items about students’ learning styles that contains two major indicators, as shown in the following table :
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Table 3.2 Learning Styles Questionnaire Key Number
Number Indicator
Total Key Number
1 Audio Learning Style
15 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15, 16, 18,
20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 30 2
Visual Learning Style 15
2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 23, 24, 28, 29
Total Items 30
2. English Achievement
a. conceptual definition English achievement is the scores that students obtained in learning
English after they have followed Teaching and Learning Process in particular time.
b. operational definition English achievement is the competence involves knowledge, attitude
and psychomotor skill that students obtained after they followed Teaching and Learning Process in particul ar of time and the writer used the
document score the result of final test of fourth semester 20092010 academic years.
F. The Technique of Collecting the Data
The first step in doing the research to collect the data, the writer distributed a students’ learning styles questionnaire to the respondent s. Then, the writer used
the document score the result of final test of fourth semester 20092010 academic years.
G. The Technique of Data Analysis
In analyzing the data, the writer used the compariso n technique; by using t- test formula to make comparison between auditory and visual based on English
achievement which is sample uncorrelated each other. The sample of the research
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