Advantages of Venn Diagram Strategy

30 students activate their background knowledge prior to reading activity. The importance of background knowledge activation is claimed to be able to im prove students’ performance on reading Alderson, 2000. In order to implement the Venn diagram strategy, the researcher conducted classroom action research consisting of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. In conducting the research, the researcher integrated the theory of reading comprehension and analytical exposition texts in order to create a more effective reading activity and deeper understanding of analytical exposition texts. The researcher also used the theory of teaching reading to help the teacher be more aware of students’ needs and enable teacher to develop reading strategies. By using the Venn diagram strategy in reading analytical exposition texts, students are to activate their background knowledge and compare their prior knowledge with important points they find after reading the text. They are expected to get more involved in the text so they do not merely read the text. They are also expected to learn something from the text through their ability to make inferences. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 31

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the methodology applied in this research as well as the procedural steps done by the researcher. This chapter includes six sections. They are the research method, research setting, research participants, instruments and data gathering technique, data analysis technique, and research procedure.

A. Research Method

In order to gather data and obtain the answer to the proposed research question, the researcher conducted classroom action research CAR. The researcher chose this method because classroom action research is controlled and done by teachers to improve their own practices Krathwohl, 1998. To do action research, the data from teacher’s everyday practice are collected in systematic way and analyzed in order to make some decisions about the teachers practice in the future Wallace, 1998. In this research, the researcher used the action research model proposed by Kemmis and McTaggart 1988. According to them, there are four essential stages in action research: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The detailed procedure done by the researcher in each stage is elaborated below.