27 presentation in Sociolinguistics course classes C and D. The data were used to
answer the first research question. Furthermore, to support the data which were obtained from recording the
students’ presentations, the researcher also conducted an interview. Rummel 1964 states that, “Certain facts and opinion can, of course, be obtained by mail
or telephone, but some information can only be secured in a face-to-face interview” p. 99. The interview was carried out to find out the answer of the
second research question.
B. Research Setting
This research was conducted in Sanata Dharma University. The populations of this research were students of the sixth semester of English
Language Education Study Program who were joining Sociolinguistic classes in 20112012 academic year. The data were obtained in class C on May 21
st
and 28
th
2012 and in class D on May 25
th
and June 1
st
2012. The data analysis itself was done during June-July 2012. On May 28
th
and 29
th
2012 and on June 12
th
2012, the researcher also conducted the interview to obtain data to answer the second
research question.
C. Research Participants
The participants of this research were the sixth semester students of English Language Education Study Program who were joining Sociolinguistic
course classes C and D in the 20112012 academic year. They were chosen because sixth semester students were expected to have a good English speaking
28 ability. They have obtained many theories of speaking and they have been given
enough practice to speak. There were four classes of Sociolinguistic in the 20112012 academic year
and there were about thirty five students in each class. There were seven groups of presentation in every class consisting of five to six persons. The researcher
recorded the presentations of Sociolinguistic classes in class C and class D and simply chose three persons from those two classes to be interviewed. Every
student in both classes has the same possibility of being chosen and they were considered as equal.
This research was conducted to find out problems which were encountered by the sixth semester students’ in placing verb stress during their presentations.
To answer the first research question, the researcher analyzed the recordings of the fourteen groups. Then, the researcher conducted an interview involving six
participants to answer the second research question.
D. Instruments and Data Gathering Technique
