The Setting of the Research The Subject of the Research

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. The Setting of the Research

The research was carried out at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri MAN Sukoharjo, Central Java. The school is located at Jalan Kyai Haji samanhudi, Jetis, Sukoharjo, Central Java, phone number 0271 593766. Geographically, Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Sukoharjo is a strategic place. The school is located near the town of Sukoharjo. It is not difficult to reach the school by any means of transportation. Buses pass by the area of this school, and any kinds of city transportation from any directions also pass by near the area of this school. It is a quiet place because it is about 200 meters from the main street, and it is about 600 meters from the most popular factory in Sukoharjo, that is Sritex Factory. Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Sukoharjo is one of the state Islamic senior high schools in Sukoharjo. It is considered as a good state Islamic senior high school by seeing the following indicators. Firstly, almost all students can pass UAN or UANAS every year. Secondly, many students have won some competitions in any opportunities such as English speech contest, scouting activity, sport tournaments, and others. The research was done in order to collect the data. It was conducted from November 2008 to June 2009. The researcher arranged the time schedule for the research activities as follows: Table 1. Time Schedule of the Research ACTIVITIES N O V E M B E R D E C E M B E R JA N U A R Y F E B R U A R Y M A R C H A P R IL M E Y JU N E JU L Y Pre-Survey Proposal Reviewing Literature Developing Instrument Collecting and Analyzing the data Writing the Report Submitting the document

B. The Subject of the Research

The subjects of the research were the eleventh year students of science one of MAN Sukoharjo. The subjects as the sample of the research were taken based on purposive sampling because the researcher is the English teacher of the students and knows exactly what problems faced by them. There were thirty seven students in this class. They consisted of seven males and thirty females. They happily participated in the lesson with the researcher who gave more explanation about information of the lesson. They were asked to learn the English text because it was related to the material of national examination. They were motivated to join seriously and were expected to be able to improve their understanding so that they are well-prepared in facing the national examination in the next grade or in the twelfth class. The students of the eleventh year class of science one got difficulties in comprehending the English text types, because all students got less than six in their English test in the first semester. When the English teacher of this class held a remedial testing with the same materials of the test, the results were like as what they did before. It means that they still got less than six. They felt relaxed and had no burden with that condition when the researcher tried to come in this classroom to ask about their English and the results of their English tests. They also felt slow because they are still in the eleventh year. But some of them also said that they actually liked English very much and they had tried to learn it seriously. When the researcher tried to ask about English text types orally, there were no answers and they just kept silence. In addition to the fact, the students of the eleventh year of science one of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Sukoharjo need to get more attention in learning English, especially in comprehending the English texts, because this is one of the subjects for the national examination. When they are in the twelfth class, they must get more than six in order to pass the final examination. The writer is interested in conducting the research in this classroom to be his subjects because of the following reasons: 1. He is an English teacher of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Sukoharjo, so he knows the information and condition of that classroom. 2. He tries to change and improve that condition, especially in English class.

C. The Method of the Research