Research Setting RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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4. Reflection Stage

The researcher made reflection based on the data. The researcher checked whether the students’ pronunciation increased. Next, the researcher made the reflection on what had been going on and what part should be improved in the Cycle 1 as the basic facts to make some changes in the Cycle 2. The researcher made some changes and modifications to be applied in Cycle 2 optimally. By implementing drilling technique, the researcher helped the students improve their pronunciation. The researcher used choral repetition drill in the study. Choral repetition drill is known as listen and repeat, or choral drills, are mainly used for modeling target language.

B. Research Setting

The study took place in SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta which is located in Jl. Cik Di Tiro No.37 Yogyakarta. The school is included into a vocational high school in Yogyakarta. SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta prepares the students to have a better skill to prepare the students for a certain job. The time allocation to conduct the study were April 24 th , 25 th , 29 th and May 1 st , 2013. C. Research Participants The researcher chose SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta as the object of this research because Sanata Dharma University had an agreement to send the researcher to teach and to observe the school. The session was called PPL or Praktek Pengalaman Lapangan session. Then, there were problems faced by the students of SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta when they had their English class. 37 The subject of the study was the Second Grade Students of Akuntansi Perkantoran XI AP class in SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta. The students were not accustomed to pronouncing English words because they seldom experienced pronouncing some English words. The researcher focused on the XI AP class for three reasons. First, the XI AP class was the first class observed. Second, when the researcher distributed questionnaires, the students said that they had difficulties in pronouncing English words. The last, the students of AP class are going to have a speaking test in their final exam. Therefore, the students needed help to speak in English with correct pronunciation. There were some types of sampling in research. One kind of the samplings was purposive sampling. Based on Coyne 1997, purposive sampling is when the researcher selects the participants according to the needs of the students. The subjects were selected because of some characteristics. The characteristics of XI AP students were they had low pronunciation in English words. The researcher had also a purpose in conducting the research. The purpose was that the researcher would help the students solve their problems in pronouncing English words.

D. Instruments and Data Gathering Technique