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and some photographs taken by the collaborator as the other instruments to collect the data.
F. Data Collection Techniques
The data were collected in the form of qualitative data which were supported by quantitative data. It meant that the data were the description of
the reality happening during the research and the result of the test. In gaining the data, the researcher used some data collection techniques as follows:
1. Observation
Stake 2010: 90 states that observation can allow the researcher to get the information which can be seen, heard, or felt directly. By doing
observation, I had an opportunity to understand the situation that happened during the teaching and learning process, to see things that might be
unconsciously missed, and to discover things that might not be obtained in interview situation. I observed the condition of the teaching and learning
process, the students’ behavior, and other problems that appeared when the action was implemented by using observation guidelines and observation
checklists. I also wrote everything so that he could keep the information in the form of field notes.
2. Interview
In gathering the data, he conducted some interviews to the English teacher and the students. Stake 2010: 95 argues that interview enables the
researcher to obtain the unique information or interpretation from many
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people and to find out things that he or she cannot observe by himself or herself. In this research, the interview was done by myself so that I could
know how the Engl ish teacher and students’ responses, opinion, suggestion,
and expectation while and after doing the implementation of Peer Assisted Learning Strategies PALS in the teaching and learning process of reading,
clarify their idea about the technique being implemented, and reflect the students’ practices.
3. Test
In this study, I used tests to know the improvement of using Peer Assisted Learning Strategies PALS technique in teaching reading. There
were the pre-test and the post-test. The pre-test was conducted before I did the action. Meanwhile, the post-test was held after the last cycle was done.
The tests were in the form of filling the blanks, answering questions, and true or false statements. There were 20 items for each test. I tried the tests
out before he used them for the pre-test and the post test. I
focused on the goals to find the students’ reading comprehension by asking them to find details of information in the texts, to find main idea, and to
guess meaning of some words.
G. Techniques of Data Analysis
The data collected were in the form of qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were collected from the observation and the interviews.
They were in the form of field notes, interview transcripts, and photographs. Then, all the data were interpreted and analyzed. Next, they were connected to
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