Technique of collecting Data Method of Analyzing The Data

applied until this research finished The English UAN of 20062007 and 20072008 . They are also taken as samples The data of this research are also the materials of English UAN for Junior High School 20062007 and 20072008, and they are also the object of this research. The units of analysis of this research are sentences and texts.

E. Technique of collecting Data

There are two kinds of data resources, they are Primary data and Secondary data. Primary data are data which are directly obtained as a result of self-collecting and represent original data. Secondary data are data which are obtained by the second part, and usually a copy of the original Arikunto, 1998:114 . In other words, Primary data is collected data, and Secondary data is available data The main data of this research are the materials of English UAN for Junior High School 20062007 and 20072008; they are also the object of this research, therefore they are considered as Secondary data. They were taken from SMP Maria Goretti Semarang in May 2008 after the National Final Examination of Junior High School 2008 was finished. This technique of collecting data is called library documentary technique study; that is collecting data from written sources as the document as well as in other form such as books, newspapers etc Nawawi et.al, 1992:69. The primary data were taken by using field research technique that is by giving questionnaires and interviewing to 36 English teachers from 24 Junior High Schools in Semarang. The purpose of giving the questionnaire is to get supporting data to strengthten the result of data analysis of the main data. The questionnaires were given to the teachers at their schools by using 2 techniques : 1. Giving questionnaire with the researcher’s guidance for those who had enough time to be disturbed at school. 2. Giving questionnaire without the researcher’s guidance for those who were busy at school, let them fulfill the questionnaires by themselves at home The elements of the questionnaire are : 1. Competencies in KTSP 2. Competencies tested in UAN 3. The dominant tested competencies 4. Untested competencies 5. Teacher’s understanding about KTSP 6. The problem in implementation of KTSP.

F. Method of Analyzing The Data

In this research, Item Analysis is used to analyze the data because it reveals the items of KTSP inherently with the text of the English UAN whether they match with the competencies in KTSP and also match with Content Standard of KTSP. All items of the English UAN were analyzed 100 numbers totally by using research instrument.

G. Research Instrument