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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. The Research Setting
The action research is conducted in SD Negeri blulukan 1, Colomadu, Karanganyar. The school is located in Blulukan, Colomadu, Karanganyar. The
research is conducted through teaching and learning process in the classroom. It is carried out in Januari to Februari 2011 by implementing TPR method in teaching
vocabulary.
B. The Subject of the Research
The subject of the research is the fourth grade students of SD Negeri Blulukan 1, Colomadu, Karanganyar in Academic year 20102011. This class
consist of 26 students. They are 11 boys and 15 girls. Psychologically, the enthusiast of the students in English class is still low.
Actually, the students of this class are noisier than the students of the other class. It is why the teacher and the writer often have difficulties to manage the students
in a good order.
C. The Method of The Research
In conducting the study, the writer uses Action Research. For a starting point it is necessary to give a definition of Action Research. Mills 2000 defines
action research as a systematic inquiry done by teacher or other individuals in teaching or learning environment to gather information about and subsequently
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their students learn p.5. Carr and Kemmis in Burn 1993: 30 says action research is simply a from
of self-reflective enquiry undertaken by participants in social situations in order to improve the rationality and justice of their own practice, their understanding of
these practices and the Situations in which the practices are carried out. While Robert Rapoport in Hopkins 1993:P. 44 says Action research is a research aims
to contribute both to the goals of socials science by joint collaboration within a mutually acceptable ethical framework.
From the definition above, it can be summarized that action research is the systematic study of effort to overcome education problems for betterment done by
the teacher or in collaboration of teachers and researchers by means of their own reflection toward the effects of those action.
Considering the background of the problems, the writer uses Action research because the problems were related to education problem. Next this
method was done by teacher or other individuals in teaching or learning environment to gather information about and subsequently improved the ways
their particular school operates, how they teach, and how their students learn. Finally knowledge gained through action research can liberate students, teacher,
and administrator and improve learning, teaching and policy making. The study was conducted in the classroom. In this study, the classroom
action research attempted to teach English using Total Physical Response as a variety in teaching primary students. It was conducted to solve problems that
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The action research was conducted collaboratively. Teacher was as practitioner who implemented the action and writer was her facilitator and observer.
D. The Model of Action Research
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