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implementing GBA that is undertaken in a systematic way by a teacher-researcher who want to better understand her own work.
1.7 Organization of the Thesis
This thesis organized into six chapters. Chapter I is an introduction. This chapter elaborates background of the study included the background of the study,
the identification of the problem, the purpose of the study, the research questions, the scope of the study, the significance of the study, the definition of key terms,
and the organization of the thesis. Chapter II discusses some theoretical concepts and some findings underlying this study. This chapter presents some concepts
relating to Genre-Based Approach, teaching writing, an overview of descriptive text, and concept of attitude. Chapter III describes the methodology that was used
to conduct this research. It outlines the research methods including research design, research site, participants, data collection, and data analysis. Chapter IV
discusses the problems of teaching and learning writing in the research site, the solutions to overcome the problems based on the theory of the GBA, the design of
the teaching program and the research schedule. Chapter V presents the implementation of the GBA, the findings and the discussions of research
problems. Chapter VI, finally, summarizes the findings and the discussion, specifies how the findings answer the research questions, points out the main
limitations of the study and provides recommendations for further research.
1.8 Conclusion
This chapter has presented the introduction of the whole study which includes the background of the study, the purpose of the study, the research
questions, the scope of the study, and the significance of the study, and the definitions of key terms. The following chapter will present the theoretical
foundation that frames the study.
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Efrita Marthalena BR. Saragih Sumbayak, 2014 Implementation Of Genre-Based Approach In The Teaching Of Descriptive Text Writing
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter discusses the components of research method of the present study including the research design, the research site, the participants, the data
collection, the data analysis, the criteria of success and the research schedule.
3.1 Research Design
This study was designed as a Classroom Action Research henceforth mentioned as CAR. CAR as an integral part of Action Research, deals with
educational research as a social practice. Action Research has been defined by Carr and Kemmis in Nunan and Bailey, 2009: 226-227 as:
a form of self-reflective enquiry undertaken by participants in order to improve the rationality and justice on their own practices, their understanding of those
practices and the situations in which the practices are carried out.
Meanwhile, CAR is defined as an inquiry which is conducted systematically to inform practice in a particular situation. Through CAR, teachers discover best
practices in their own classroom situation. Thus, teachers will make decision about teaching based on empirical evidence Mettetal, 2003. A very specific
characteristics of CAR is that it is conducted in the classroom and the focus of the study is the interaction between the researcher and the participants. The researcher
involves as much as possible in the process and experience of the participants. In this study, CAR is defined as a process of investigating problems about
teaching and learning descriptive text writing by implementing GBA that is undertaken in a systematic way by a teacher-researcher who want to better
understand her own work. The teacher-researcher conducted a research study to help her improve her teaching practice and the learning of her students.
In practice, this CAR employed a mixed method research design. According to Lim 2007, a mixed methods research design is most applicable in action
research since this design involves the collection and analysis of both quantitative
