Doing pilot test Conducting the implementation of guessing meaning from context

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A. The Implementation of Guessing Meaning from Context Procedure for

Vocabulary Learning in Class 8A of SMP Negeri 15 Yogyakarta In this research the researcher began the study by choosing the subjects, who were the students of class 8A of SMP Negeri 15 Yogyakarta. According to Johnson‟s 1992 procedure for experimental research especially for a one group pretest- posttest design, there was no need to assign the subjects to groups because the research required only one group of subjects. The researcher took class 8A as the research study in six meetings. There were some reasons during the process for choosing the subjects. First, class 8A is one of classes that consists of students who have a higher degree of capability than the other class of eighth graders of SMP Negeri 15 Yogyakarta. The second reason was about the limitation of time, which was six meetings with a pretest, treatment and posttest. As the school schedule permitted, there were only those limited times which were available. As a result, the researcher used the time effectively. Before having pretest and posttest, the researcher administered pilot test. This pilot test is for examining whether the pretest and posttest questions was not difficult and appropriate for them. The researcher took five students from different class, they are students from class 8 B. From the result of the pretest and posttest showed that three out of five students‟ score was above six for the pretest and six in the posttest. As well as the researcher also had observer during the process. The researcher used naturalistic observation so that the behavior can be observed in naturalistic situations Ary, Jacobs, Sorensen, 2010, p. 433 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 34 Referring to the Johnson‟s procedure for experimental research, with a one group pretest-posttest design after selecting the subject, the researcher went to the next step that was the pretest. The pretest was carried out to measure the subjects‟ initial ability in guessing several words‟ meanings and the part of speech based on the context namely guessing meaning from context without using any procedure or technique. In order to know the students‟ ability before using the guessing meaning from context procedure, the researcher decided to make two questions in each number. They were not provided with possible answers, so the students were asked to guess the meaning based on the context and to know the part of speech. The questions were compiled by the researcher from a number of exercises from the students‟ handbook entitled, “When English Rings a Bell”. In addition, there were 15 questions for the pretest that took place on Wednesday, 13 th April 2016 and lasted for 30 minutes. Thereafter, the subjects were exposed to the technique of guessing meaning from context procedure for four meetings excluding the pretest and posttest, and were given some exercises. The researcher only got 30 minutes for the first meeting of the experiment. It happened because of miscommunication between the researcher and teacher. The teacher gave permission for the first meeting on Wednesday 13 th April 2016 at the same time there was a tryout from one of the institution. Unfortunately, the researcher took 30 minutes first for having pretest. The next day the researcher began the research by asking the students how they learn vocabulary. One of the students answered by writing the unknown word and memorizing words. Then the researcher continued asking about parts of speech. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI