Giving questionnaire and interview Observation

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E. Technique of Collecting Data

1. Qualitative data

To collect data accurately, some methods is used by researcher, they are:

a. Giving questionnaire and interview

The researcher asked the students to fulfill the questionnaire before and after the action research using spot the dictogloss was conducted. Before the action research using spot the dictogloss was conducted the researcher asked the students in class VIIIC of SMPN 03 Ngargoyoso to answer the questioner about the difficulties they found in studying listening. After the action research was conducted using spot the dictogloss technique to teach listening, the researcher gave the questioner again to the students. The questions were about the teaching and learning process of listening using spot the dictogloss technique. Besides giving the questionnaire, the researcher also conducted the interview to the students before and after the action research was conducted. Before the action research was conducted the researcher interviewed the students their difficulties they found in learning listening, the teacher‟s teaching technique and the books that they used to learn English. The researcher also conducted the interview to the teacher SN about her teaching technique, the books that she was used to teach, and the difficulties she found in teaching listening. commit to user 59

b. Observation

In this research, the observation is used to collect the data. It was a technique of collecting the data by closely watching and noticing classroom events or happenings, or interaction, either as a participant in the classroom or as an observer of another tea cher‟s observation. In this study, the researcher was a teacher who teaches listening by using Spot the dctogloss technique and active participants as observers or collaborator. The function of collaborator here was to evaluate the teachers‟ teaching, offer suggestion on the best way to teach, and help her to create students‟ motivation in learning English. In other words, the collaborator was the active participant who will gave the big contribution for every step of the research. The teacher observed the students‟ activities while teaching listening learning process occurs. She wrote all the activities in the teaching and learning process every meeting in the field note.

2. Quantitative Data