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hypothesis to see whether there are any observable effects or not. The other difference is that in the researcher study, she tried to implement Scientific
Approach in KTSP not in Curriculum 2013. The reason is because the researcher tried to suggest the school which returns into KTSP can also implement Scientific
Approach in their learning process. In Permendiknas no 412007 about the process standard, it is clearly stated that teacher can implement any approaches,
media, and sources of learning without changing the spirit of KTSP p. 15. It can be a solution to prepare both the teacher and the students when the Curriculum
2013 is implemented to all schools later on. This approach is also suggested to make the students become active and creative in the learning process through its
steps. The third related study was a thesis by Ferianda 2013 about perception in
the implementation of integrated skills in critical listening and speaking class by English language education students of Sanata Dharma University. The thesis is
discussed about the students’ perception on integrated skills by considering the nature of perception, the factors that influence students’ perception in order to see
whether the integrated skills are applicable and acceptable or not. The similarity between Ferianda’s study and the researcher’s study is that both studies use the
same theory by Altman and Valenzi 1985 about perception which are the nature of perception and the factors that influence students’ perception. However, in the
researcher study, the main idea does not only stop on perception but also on the students’ attitude.
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B. Theoretical Framework
The theories above are the basis of the theoretical framework for the research. There are two research problems in this research. The first one concerns
with the students’ problems in mastering speaking skill. The second one is about the effects of implementing Scientific Approach on the
students’ ability in speaking skill. To answer the first research problem, the researcher chooses to use
the theory of perception and the students’ attitude by Altman and Valenzi 1985.
The theory of perception and attitude were used as the basis for constructing the questionnaire. The nature of perception is used as the guidance to see the student’s
perception toward English subject. The second one is the factors that influence the student’s perception. However, the researcher only used 3 factors and took out the
organization of perception. The last 3 statements in the questionnaire, the researcher relates the result with the theory of attitude.
To answer the second research problem, the researcher analyzes the data to proof that implementing Scientific Approach in KTSP can improve the
students’ ability in speaking by calculating the data manually using a paired sample t-test.
In order to strengthen the proof, the researcher explains the factors which influence the observable improvement
through the researcher’s field notes during the treatment that can be explained by using Scientific Approach and the theory of
Scientific Approach.
1. Hypothesis
The conceptual hypothesis of this research is stated as follows: the implementation of Scientific Approach in KTSP can improve
the students’
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speaking skill. The statistical hypothesis of this research is stated as follows: Null hypothesis
will be rejected if there is a difference between the pre-test and the post-test mean score of the experimental group. It means that the
implementation of Scientific Approach in KTSP can improve the students’ ability
in mastering speaking skill.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
The methodology and procedures employed in this research are presented in this chapter. This chapter is organized into six major sections, namely the
research method, the research participants, the research setting, the research instruments, the data gathering technique, and the data analysis technique.
A. Research Method
This research is conducted by using a mixed method, the triangulation of qualitative and quantitative research. According to Creswell 2012, mixed
method design is a procedure for collecting, analyzing, and utilizing both quantitative and qualitative research and method in a single study to understand a
research problem. Mixed method design is used to provide a better understanding of the research problem. Creswell 2012 states that mixed method can help the
researcher to see in multiple view points for being pragmatism. In this research, both of quantitative and qualitative researches were used so the researcher can
provide more detail information by collecting numeric data and text data. To gain the data for research problem number one, the researcher used closed-ended
questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion henceforth abbreviated as FGD. Afterwards, to gain the data for research problem number two, the researcher
conducted speaking test by using pre-experimental design; one group pre-test and post-test design with the result in
numeric data. To be the proof of the students’
