Research Procedure LITERATURE REVIEW

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F. Research Procedure

There were five stages to conduct the research. Those stages were done step by step to elicit the certainty, validity and reliability of the research. The stages are the followings: 1 Preparing the research The researcher discussed the topic that were going to be investigated with the major sponsor in order to get an overview of what the researcher should do. Next, the researcher asked permission to the lecturer in charge of the Morpho- Syntax class to conduct the research on his class. 2 Doing library study The researcher did library study to get insight into the subject that was going to be investigated. In addition, the test was also constructed during the library study. 3 Administering the test The researcher administered the test to elicit the students’ performance on the subject that was investigated. 4 Analysing the test The test was analysed to find out the students’ performance on the subject that was investigated and to disclose the research findings. 5 Writing the report After those steps had been gone through, the researcher wrote down the research findings. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION

The writer discusses the research findings based on the research questions and the primary data in this chapter. It presents the students’ performance and the students’ mistakes in analysing the adjective clauses using the X schema. The data of the students’ performance and mistakes are compared to related literatures and presented thoroughly to disclose the real practice rather than premise.

A. Data Presentation

The data presentation presents the students’ performance on the test. It presents the students’ performance in each part of the test and the final scores. On the other hand, it also presents the descriptive statistic of the primary data.

1. The Students’ Performance on the Test

In the research, a test was used as the instrument to obtain the data. The test was administered to the sixth semester students of the English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University academic year 20072008 on 13 May 2008. The test consisted of two parts – part A and part B. The part A was a multiple choices test. In part A, the students were required to choose the best answer based on the question and provided answers. Part B was an analysis test. In this part of the test, the students were required to analyse two adjective clauses based on related theories and concepts and to draw their tree diagrams. 41 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI