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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. The Place and Time of the Research
The writer conducted the research at SMP Islamiyah Ciputat which is located at Jl. KH. Dewantara No. 23 Ciputat 15411 Tangerang Selatan. The research was held
form October 31
th
to November 7
th
, 2014. B.
The Method of the Research
The method of this research is survey employing correlational study. The correlational research design was chosen to find out whether or not the relationship
exist between two variables of the research. The independent variable of the research is students’ anxiety as X variable and the dependent variable is English reading
comprehension score as Y variable.
C. The Population and Sample
1. The population
The population of this research is the eighth grade students of SMP Islamiyah Ciputat in the academic year 20142015. There are 255 students who are divided into
six classes.
2. The Sample
In taking sample, the writer used random cluster sampling because it is more practical to use in a large number of populations. Based on the cluster that is used by
the writer in taking the sample, she randomly took 8.1 class which has 40 students in it.
D. The Technique of Instrument and Data Collection
To collect the data, the writer use two instruments. They were questionnaire for assessing students’ anxiety level and descriptive reading comprehension test to
measure students’ reading comprehension.
a. Questionnaire
The writer adapted anxiety questionnaire that designed by Saito et al. 1999 namely Foreign Language and Reading Anxiety Scale FLRAS that contain 20 items
and made another 20 items questionnaire with the same indicator as FLRAS in order to avoid invalid and unreliable data. Here the indicators of Foreign Language Reading
Anxiety Scale FLRAS:
Table 3.1 The FLRAS Questionnaire
No. Indicator
Total Key Number
1. Students’ self-report of anxiety
over various aspects of reading 14
1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 17, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25 2.
Their perception of reading difficulties in the target language
13 2, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14,
18, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
3. Their perception of the relative
difficulty of reading as compared to the difficulty of other
language skills. 13
15, 16, 20, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,
38, 39, 40
Total Items 40
The questionnaire in this study is a Likert Type questionnaire which provided the students with five responses option Strongly agree Sangat Setuju, SS, Agree Setuju,
S , Neutral Netral, N, Disagree, Tidak Setuju, TS, Strongly Disagree Sangat
Tidak Setuju, STS. The degree of scale is described as follow:
Table 3.2 The Questionnaire scoring
Scale Affirmative Statement
Score Negative Statement
Score
Strongly Agree 5
1 Agree
4 2
Neutral 3
3 Disagree
2 4
Strongly Disagree 1
5
The questionnaire will be translated into Bahasa Indonesia. This is aimed to avoid the possibility of different perception in understanding the statement. Therefore,
using bahasa Indonesia in the statement will be useful for students to understand and answer the question.
b. Test
The test instrument played an important role in collecting the data. In this research, the writer administered test to the students to know about student English
descriptive reading comprehension score. The writer will use multiple choice types in order to make it more objective to score. The reading material and its question were
selected from students’ book and other sources which was suitable with their level. Here the indicators of descriptive reading comprehension test.
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