C. Research Setting
The setting of the research consists of a place where the research took place and the time when the research was carried out.
First, this research was conducted at SMP Negeri 9 Yogyakarta. The location of the school is quite strategic since it is located in the main street in
Jalan Ngeksidgondo 30, Yogyakarta. By looking at the overall building and rooms, this school has sufficient facilitations to support teaching-learning
activities. It has 18 classes which consist of 6 classes for each grade. Each class consists of about 32 to 34 students. There are 4 English teachers and all of them
are from S1 graduates. In addition to the English teaching-learning process, this school also has a language laboratory.
Furthermore, the research was carried out in the second semester of 20142015 academic year. The research started from April 16
th
to April 30
th
2015. It took four meetings for two cycles in which one cycle consisted of two meetings.
D. Focus of the Research
This research focused on the reading comprehension ability of Grade VIII C students of SMP N 9 Yogyakarta. The reason behind this is that most students
still face difficulties to read comprehensively toward certain texts, while reading is crucial for school achievement and life achievement.
E. Data Collection Technique
In this research design, the data were in the form of qualitative and quantitative data. To obtain the data of the research, the researcher used various
techniques of data collection. These included:
1. Observation
The observations were done in order to obtain qualitative data of the research. This technique was done by observing the teaching and learning process in the
classroom, the situation and condition of the teaching implementation, and the students’ classroom behaviors and actions. The observation was conducted to
gain relevant information to the issues of the research. 2.
Interview Interviews were also conducted in order to obtain qualitative data of the
research. The researcher did audio recordings and interviewed the English teacher, the collaborator, and the students. The interviews were done to gain
informative perspectives from various participants of the research concerning the issues investigated. The interviews were conducted before, while, and after
the implementation of the actions. 3.
Field note-making During the implementation of the actions, the researcher also wrote field notes
to collect the qualitative data. The field notes were taken regularly and they were written in factual and objective way. The field notes consisted of
descriptions and notes of the classroom actions and occurrences. 4.
Photographs-taking The researcher also used photographs as a data collection technique to provide
visual resources for the classroom actions. The use of photographs was useful to create images of the classroom situation, interactions, and activities to be
analyzed in the research.
5. Administering reading comprehension tests
Meanwhile, in collecting quantitative data, the researcher administered pre- test and post-test to the students to obtain reading comprehension scores.
F. Data and Research Instrument
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