RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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Research Setting and Subject

This research was conducted at SMAN 1 Suka Makmur, Aceh Besar. The researcher chose this school because she had a lot of information about the achievements and the behavior of her students concerning their English. While doing this research, she used English while teaching the class, including when she presented materials or gave instructions.

Research Instruments

The instruments used in this study were as follows:

Observation Check List and Observation Templates

These instruments are vital in the venture to answer the first research question. The observers observed the researcher using the teacher’s observation sheets during the activities in order to be able to measure the researcher’s ability in the teaching-learning processes of the TeamGames-Tournament technique.

Test

 In an effort to answer the second research question, the teacher used two types of tests, a pretest and a post-test. The teacher tested the initial speaking ability of the students with the pre-test which was given before the students were given the treatment. It was given to find out the speaking abilities i.e. the accuracy, fluency, and comprehensibility of the students before the treatment.

Questionnaires

To get data to answer the third research question, the teacher distributed a questionnaire to the students at the last meeting in order to find out the response of the students toward the TGT activities that they had already followed. The questionnaire had 15 questions that asked about their motivation for learning English before and after the treatment.

Data Analysis

To determine the mean score for each test, the formula below was used (Sudjana, 2002, p. 112): Mx,y = ∑x,y N Where: M = sample mean x = individual scores from pre-test y = individual scores from post-test N = number of participants ∑ = accumulated total Meanwhile, analysis of the results from the questionnaire used the percentage formula suggested by Sugiono (2007, p. 43) as follows: P = 𝐹 𝑁 x 100 % In which: P = Result expressed as a percentage F = the frequency N = number of cases.

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