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RESEARCH METHOD
This is a descriptive qualitative research. It tries to identify the actual
constraints of the English teaching and learning process at SD Muhammadiyah
Girikerto.
A. Setting of the Research
This study takes place at LSAM. The school is
located in kecamatan Turi, kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta.
LSAM has six classrooms. The size of each
classroom is 6 x 7 metres. Besides, there is an office for headmaster, a common
room for the teachers, a library, and a kitchen.
The total number of the teachers at LSAM is 14.
The average class size is about 30-40 students. In this study, the researcher
focuses on class IV up to class VI where English is taught.
B. Subject of the Research
The subjects of the research are the English teacher, students of class IV
up to IV, the headmaster, and some teachers of LSAM who
can give information about the constraints in the English teaching and learning
process.
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are the headmaster, teachers, and students. The items of the questions are
outlined below:
a. The interview guide for the headmaster, including:
1) the background study of the headmaster,
2) the headmaster's experience in English teaching, and
3) the headmaster's preparation in English teaching.
b. The interview guide for the teacher
1) The background of the teacher
2) The teacher's experience in the English teaching, including
experience in:
a) the teaching and learning process,
b) choosing the material,
c) managing the students,
d) using time,
e) using media, and
f) using method.
c. The interview guide for the students, including:
1) the students' background,
2) the students' difficulties in learning
English, and
3) the students' feeling in learning English.
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E. Data Analysis
The process of the data analysis was started when the researcher collect
the data in the classroom. The processes of analyzing the data were as follows:
1. Putting all the data collected from observation in the form of sentences
into several cards.
2. Categorizing the data and giving a topic to each category
3. Deciding focuses of the research in the categories available
4. Doing in-depth interviews with the students and the teachers based on the
focuses.
5. Sharpening and strengthening each focus until the data became redundant.
(Moleong, 2001: 172)
F. Triangulation
Burns (1999: 169) states that triangulation is one of the most commonly
used and best known ways of checking for validity. The aim of triangulation is to
gather multiple perspectives on the situation being studied. Silverman in Burns
(1999: 169) defines triangulation as:
Comparing different kinds of data (e.g. quantitative and qualitative) and
different methods (e.g. observation and interview) to see whether they
corroborate one another this form of comparison, called triangulation, derives
from another navigation, where different bearings give the correct position
of an object.
In this study, the triangulation technique was used to get the
trustworthiness by analyzing and by comparing the collected data from
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headmaster, teachers, and students.