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CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
In this chapter, the writer wants to present research design, population, sample, data collection, instrument, treatments, scoring system and criterion of
assessment.
3.1 Research Design
A research design that is used in this study is an action research. There are some kinds of classroom action research. Two of them are individual classroom
action research and collaborative classroom action research. DEPDIKNAS 2003:3.
Classroom Action Research CAR is reflective study done by teacher in a classroom for getting solution about the problem until it can be solved. According
to Kurt 2003:4, there are four components in one cycle for doing classroom research: planning, action, observation, reflection.
3.1.1 Planning
In doing this activity, the writer intended to find out: a.
The materials are used to explain about narrative texts b.
The students’ activities and responses during the teaching-learning process c.
Kinds of exercises used to measure how far the students mastered the material d.
Kinds of students’ difficulties and mistakes in the exercises
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e. The improvement of students’ ability in writing narrative texts.
3.1.2 Action
This section discussed the steps and the activities in the classroom. The writer conducted some steps as follows:
a. Giving questionnaire first questionnaire
b. Giving pre-test
c. Giving explanation in the process of teaching-learning process
d. Giving treatment and some exercises
e. Giving test
f. Let the students watch the film
g. Giving a post test
h. Analyzing the result of students’ exercises
i. Giving questionnaire secondlast questionnaire
Table of the Research Activities
No Activities Days
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1. Giving
first questionnaire
2. Giving pre-test
3. Giving explanation in the process
teaching-learning process
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4. Giving treatment and some
exercises 5. Giving
test 6.
Let the
students watch
the film
7. Giving a
post-test
8. Analyzing the result of students’
exercises
9. Giving the second questionnaire
10. Report
making
3.1.3 Observation
The writer intended to observe the students and the teaching-learning process during action research. The writer tried to observe the students’
enthusiasm to the lesson, their response, the ability of the students in doing exercises and their achievement in writing test. The writer used this observation in
order to plan about the strategy that she would use in the next step
3.1.4 Reflection
After getting the data from the questionnaire, the pre-test, exercises and the observation, the writer decided to analyze the result to determine the next cycle.
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The writer attempted to give a clear explanation to the students if there were some of them who still had difficulties in writing.
3.2 Population
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