Research Method RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

27 The questionnaires involved 16 questions. The 10 questions were about closed-ended questions. Because the participants were children, the researcher provided 6 open-ended questions to gain their reasons and opinion toward their answers of closed-ended questions. Each statement of the questionnaire indicated certain meaning that would interpret the result of the research. The researcher classified the same answers of each statement. The researcher made a classification of students’ perception based on the total score of each questionnaire result. By the scale, students’ perception on the implementation of independent learning in Kumon English Course could be measured from the total score of each respondent. 1. The students had good perception if the total score was between 7-12 2. The students had negative perception if the total score was between 0-6 After the researcher finished in sorting the same answers to each statement, the researcher continued to calculate the percentage of students’ responses. The percentage s of the students’ responses to the questionnaire results were presented in the table and discussed in the form of paragraphs. After the questionnaire data in the first part were all collected and analyzed, the researcher analyzed the second data that was the results of open-ended questions. The percentages of students’ answers were presented and discussed in the form of paragraphs. After the questionnaire data were collected and analyzed, the researcher conducted interview. The researcher chose 5 students yet filled the all level of study. The categorization of level of study was explained as follow: 1. Level 7A up to C : beginner level 28 2. Level D up to F : intermediate level 3. Level G up to L : advance level The recorded data from the interview were transcribed and the data results from the interview were compiled with the other data from the questionnaire results both close and open-ended questions to answer the research problems. After finishing the data of interview, the researcher conducted library study to find some improvements of the teaching-learning process of the implementation of independent learning in Kumon English Course.

F. Research Procedure

The researcher passed several steps in conducting a research. First, the research decided the topic and the subject of the study. The researcher formulated research problems related to the topic. Then, the researcher conducted survey by designing a set of questionnaire as the instrument for doing a descriptive research. The questionnaire consisted of several statements used for answering the research problems. The researcher conducted interview to gain the information about the implementation of independent learning in Kumon English Course. The researcher interviewed 4 instructors. From the result of interview, the researcher made a questionnaire. The researcher distributed the questionnaire to 5 students in Kumon Jatimulyo as a trial first and after that the questionnaire was distributed to the ‘real’ participants that were the students of Kumon English Course in Kumon Jatimulyo . The trial was used to make sure that the students understood the