E. Conceptual Framework
The research was conducted to find out whether Story Mapping Technique influences students’ reading ability, especially in narrative text. The writer was
interested in testing out a technique that influence reading ability because the writer found several students often feel bored, getting a great pressure, and do not
understand what they have read when they asked to read a text. Therefore, the writer assumed that it is important to know whether story mapping technique will
help students to understand a text, especially narrative text. It is more simple and interesting because students can get the main information i.e. time, place,
characters, etc. through writing in an imaginative map based on their own imagination. In short, the advantages of story mapping
will solve students’ problem in learning English. The writer thought that Story Mapping Technique is
helpful in teaching reading of narrative text.
F. Research Hypotheses
Based on the question of the research, the writer formulates two hypotheses that will be tested by t-test statistic hypothesis states:
1. Null Hypothesis H
o
: there is no significant difference between the
students’ achievement in learning narrative text by using story mapping technique and
without using story mapping technique at
tenth grade of SMAN 4 Tangerang Selatan.
2. Alternative Hypothesis H
a
: there is a significant difference between the
students’ achievement in learning narrative text by using story mapping technique and
without using story mapping technique at
tenth grade of SMAN 4 Tangerang Selatan.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Place and Time of the Research
1. Place of the Research
The research was conducted at SMA N 4 Tangerang Selatan on Jl. WR. Supratman Komp. Pertamina Pondok Ranji
– East Ciputat South Tangerang, Banten.
2. Time of the Research
This study have been made since February 20013 as proposal until December 2013 as thesis. The research in this study was conducted for one and
half months long, started from September 26
th
– November 14
th
2013.
B. Method and Design of the Research
The method of this research is Quantitative. It is often related to the calculation and analysis of the numerical data. Meanwhile, the design of this
research is a Quasi-Experimental Study which compares two things. In this research, it compares two classes, experimental class
—where story mapping technique was applied in learning of narrative text
—and controlled class—where story mapping technique was not applied in learning narrative text.
In this research, the writer conducted 6 meetings in each class. They consisted of one first-meeting for pre-test, four meetings for treatment, and one
last-meeting for post-test.
C. Population and Sample
1. Population
The population of this study was 360 tenth grade students of SMA N 4 Tangerang Selatan which are class X.2
– X.10.
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