Research Design Sources of Data Role of The Researcher

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CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION

The main purpose of this study is to analyze the learning activities, especially in the writing field, presented by The Bridge English Competence for Grade VIII written by Kistono, et. all and published by Yudhistira. The analysis was conducted to describe what micro skills and macro skills of writing that have already covered in the book. Both micro and macro skills are considered as the essential points that have to be fulfilled in the teaching learning activities in order to achieve the writing competence. This chapter is divided into five points: research design, sources of data, method of collecting data, and procedure to analyze the data. Hopefully this type of analysis will give the inspiration to the readers especially teachers as well as the textbook writers to know how they can give and display good learning activities to the students.

3.1 Research Design

To find out the answer of the problem of the study, qualitative research was used. According to Devy 1997:76: Qualitative research studies are designed to obtain information concerning the current status of phenomena. They are directed toward determining the nature of situation, as it exists at the time of the study. There is no administration or control of a treatment as it is found in experimental testing. The aim is to describe ‘what exist’ with respect to variables or conditions or situation. In other words, the administration is not testing a hypothesis, but seeking information to assist in decision making. Qualitative research presents the data and research in the form of qualitative description. Analysis of this type is done with words to describe conclusions, so the qualitative study obtains the descriptive data either spoken or written.

3.2 Sources of Data

The data that I used in this study are the writing exercises which are taken from an English textbook entitled The Bridge English Competence for grade VIII written by Kistono, et.all and published by Yudhistira, 2007. I also use the micro skills and macro skills which are suggested by Douglas Brown as an essential criterion in which we have to be referred to in analyzing the writing exercises itself.

3.3 Role of The Researcher

In the study, I have the following roles: 1 The data observer In this study, I have a role as an observer. I observed the data by obeserving all the writing exercises in the English textbook The Bridge English Competence for grade VIII written by Kistono, et.all published by Yudhistira, 2007. 2 The data collector As a data collector, I collected the data required for the study. 3 The data analyzer I also became an analyst of the collected data. I analyzed the data to get the answer of the problems. 4 The data reporter As a reporter, I reported the result of the data analysis.

3.4 Method of Collecting Data