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G. Data Analysis Technique

The data was obtained from the actions conducted in the field. The data will be analyzed from the result of field notes, interview transcript, and students’ speaking performance. From this research, the qualitative and the quantitative data were obtained. To analyze the data, the researcher used the qualitative and quantitative descriptive analysis. The data of the research which were field note and interview transcript were analyzed based on the qualitative data analysis as proposed by Miles and Huberman 1994. The qualitative data will be analyzed in three steps. First step was collecting all the data such as interview transcript and field notes. The second step was data reduction. In this step, the research will select, limit, simplify and transform the data by summarizing on paraphrasing the interview transcripts and field notes. The next step was data display. The data that has been reduced then organized and compressed. The data display of this research was in the form of field notes, interview transcripts and pictures. The quantitative descriptive analysis was used to analyze quantitative data. The quantitative data were from the students’ scores of the speaking performance. The students’ performance test will be scored by using speaking rubric test, they were: fluency, grammar accuracy, pronunciation accuracy and vocabulary. Futhermore, the students’ scores were proceeded by the researcher 41 and thenthe quantitative data were described and presentedin the form of tables and percentage.

H. Research Procedures

The research uses the procedure of action research proposed by Kemmis and McTaggart 1988 in Born 1999. The procedure is as follow: a. Reconnaissance In this step, the research carried out the research collaboratively with the English teacher in the school and also another research team member in the school. In this step, information concerning on the students’ speaking abilitycould be found out. Observing and interviewingthe English teachers were conducted to identify the existing problem on the students’ speaking ability. b. Planning After doing the observation in the reconnaissance step, then the researcherwould make some plans that were feasible to be implemented in the field. In planning actions the research conductor worked together with the English teacher of grade VIII SMP N 3 Mertoyudan. The aim of the actions was to increase the students’ speaking ability. The action plan was using comic strips to improve students’ speaking ability.