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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter subsequently put an emphasis on the research methodology comprising the type of the study, the setting, research subjects, data of the
research, procedure of data collection, the research procedure, the data collection technique, the research instruments, and the data analysis technique.
A. Type of the Study
The type of the study is quantitative research. They data obtained were quantitative data from three
tests: Vocabulary Level Test, Morpheme
Identification Awareness Test, and Morphological Structure Awareness Test.
B. Setting
The study was conducted in English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta. It is located in Kasihan, Bantul , Yogyakarta.
Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta is one of the private universities in Yogyakarta. It was established in 1980. Meanwhile, the English department was
one of the majors in Language Education Faculty. It was established in 2010 so that the department was relatively young compared to other similar majors in
Yogyakarta. English department was a major which produced future English teachers. The curriculum used in English department was KKNI. It was a
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curriculum which focused on the students’ competence to use the language in real
usage. In addition, the curriculum included the theories of teaching and also teaching training. The purpose of the English Department of Muhammadiyah
University was to produce the future English teachers who had good English command and teaching competence suitable with Islamic values. The English
Department of Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta also highlighted the teaching of hard skills and soft skills. Hard skills were related to cognitive
competences of English reading, listening, writing, and speaking, while soft skills were about the affective competences
The participants of the research were the first semester students of English Education Department of Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta. There were
two classes that participated to the research consisting of 66 students. Class B consisted of 32 students and class D consisted of 31 students. There were 15 male
students and 17 female students in class B. In addition, there were 15 male students and 16 female students in class D. In general, the students of class B and
D were highly motivated English learners. They joined the English class enthusiastically. They were eager to learn English although they had low English
proficiency. The researcher knew the condition of the classes in general because he was the lecturer of the two classes.
C. Research Subjects
The subjects of the study were 66 students of English Education Department of Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta in the first semester. As they were in
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the first semester, the students were regarded to have the same English proficiency as the senior high school students. The students came from different area and had
different English proficiency. In general, the students were motivated to learn English. The students had five classes in the first semester, and this current study
was conducted is one of the classes that was Academic Reading and Writing. It was because the researcher was also the lecturer of the class.
D. Data of the Research
Data of the study was quantitative in nature. It was the score the students got from three kinds of test. The current study employed three kinds of data taken
from three kinds of test, e.g. vocabulary size test, morpheme identification test, and morphological structure test. Thus the data gathered were vocabulary size,
morpheme identification awareness score, and morphological structure awareness score. All the data gathered from three kinds of test were interval data.
E. Data Collection Techniques
The data of the study were obtained from vocabulary size test, morpheme identification awareness test, and morphological structure awareness test. . The
tests were given to the students in one meeting. The students were given the information about what the tests were for and how to do the test. The students
were allowed to do the test in given time. The first test was vocabulary size test. The students who had finished vocabulary size test could continue to do the
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