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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter gives the information on how the study is conducted. It discusses how the data are gathered and analyzed to answer the research
questions. This research methodology consists of seven parts, namely research method, research setting, research participants, research instruments, data
gathering, data analysis technique, and research procedure.
A. Research Method
The researcher used a survey research in order to answer the research problems in this study. According to Wiersma 1995 survey is used to measure
attitudes, opinions, or achievements or any number of variables in natural setting. Furthermore, Ary, Jacobs, and Razavieh 2002 state that a survey permits the
researcher to measure students’ attitudes and opinions toward something p.25. In addition, Ary, Jacob, and Sorensen 2010 also state that “in survey research the
researcher investigates about people’s beliefs, opinions, characteristics and behavior toward some issue” p.372.
In this research, the researcher investigated the relations of the students’ perception on the use of a scripted role play. By using a survey method, the
students’ beliefs, opinions, and interpretations toward the use of a scripted role play were investigated. The survey method was the appropriate method which
25 used in this research, since the research tried to investigate the student
s’ perception on the use of a scripted role play in Play Performance class.
The use of a survey method in this research was appropriate since it dealt with population. According to Fraenkel and Wallen 2008 the major purpose of
survey is to describe the characteristics of population. Fraenkel and Wallen 2008 mention three major characteristics of a survey research. First characteristic is that
the information is acquired to describe some aspects or characteristics such as opinions of certain group. Second characteristic is that the information is gathered
by asking questions to the group members. Third characteristic is that the information is collected from sample of population p.390. As the review of those
characteristics above, a survey was appropriate to be applied to answer the research questions.
The researcher would like to know the students’ perception on the use of a scripted role play in Play Performance class. Besides, the information was
gathered by asking questions to the students of the English Language Education Study Program in academic year 20142015 who joined Play Performance class.
After asking questions, the researcher interviewed some students in Play Performance class.
There were two questions in this research. The first research question was intended to know the implementation of a scripted role play to improve students’
speaking ability in Play Performance class of English Language Education Study Program in academic year 20142015 in Sanata Dharma University. The second
research question was intended to know the students’ perception on the use of a
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