Research Methods Student perception of learning English in Senior High Schools of Kaimana, West Papua.

26 Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Kaimana, West Papua. There were at least three reasons why I took these three institutions; the geographical background of Papua Barat especially Kaimana, Kaimana is where I live in, and Kaimana is where I have taught English for about sixteen years and it is supported that I am a principal at Santo Thomas Aquiono, one of the three schools I did the research. Geographically, it can be denied that Papua is an area, by minister of education, grouped in the left behind area in Indonesia. It indicates that Papuan’s education is needed to improve so by doing this research, I hope that it can describe and show us the situation happen in Kaimana education so that in-depth attention to papua education is more than that they have had in recent periods of governments. The second reason is because of Kaimana where I have taught English for about sixteen years and as an English teacher, I would like to develop education in Kaimana especially English learning so that by doing this research, I do hope that I can identify student perception about English learning process in Kaimana so by knowing their perceptions, we can improve which part should be improved. The third reason is that I live in Kaimana and I an one of the principle of Santo Thomas Aquino, one of the school where I did the research. Supported by this fact, at least, I have known globally the education in Kaimana and by doing this research, therefore, I can comprehend the situation of student perception of learning English. Based on seven components that I used for the main goal of this research, I therefore can describe and show the sitituation of learning English in Kaimana PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 27 and know what should the English teachers do for the best education in Kaimana especially for learning English process.

3.3.2 Participants

The participants of this research are student from three schools in Kaimana namely YPPK Santo Thomas Aquino Kaimana, SMA Negeri 1 Kaimana Kaimana and SMA YAPIS Yayasan Pendidikan Islam Kaimana, West Papua. There are 124 participants for questionnaire data and 6 participants for interview data where those participants were in second grade when this research conducted. The participants for questionnaire data respectively amount to 43, 43 and 38, while the participants for interview data respectively 2 participants in each school. The interview data is used to support the questionnaire so that a good description of students’ perception of learning English in Kaimana is possible to describe.

3.4 Data Gathering Instrument and Data Collection

To obtain the goal of this research, both instruments; questionnaire and interview are used. These instruments are grounded on the seven components included in the blueprint. These components involve classroom situation, the facilities and teaching aids, the strategies and method used by the teacher in managing the class, the application of the learning process, the students’ motivation, the students’ roles and learning goals. Those components are specified as follows. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI