Qualitative
Descriptive Method
Based
on Tewksbury (2009: 52-53) Qualitative research relies on the process of
analytic descriptions for “identification of recurrent patterns or themes and
attempting to construct a cohesive representation of the data. These recurrent themes are then linked to
concerns or issues in the literature, theoretical, conceptual, or applied – as
you develop interpretations of what is happening in your setting (or nterviews
or documents or images) and what their words or images mean to the participants
as such, the analytic process in qualitative research is centered on
researchers looking at their data, finding patterns and similarities across
cases, times and instances and interpreting what these issues mean.
This
research use descriptive method. According to Neuman (2014: 38) Descriptive
research is the research in which the primary purpose is to “paint a picture”
using words or numbersand to present a profile, a classification of types, or
an outline of steps to answer questions such as who, when,where, and how. A
descriptive research study starts with a well-defined issue or question and
tries Most exploratory research uses qualitative data. In general, qualitative
research tends to be more open to using a wide range of evidence and
discovering new issues.
The
researcher uses descriptive design in this research because this research is focused on
a certain phenomenon
in the school
environment. In this
case the phenomenon is the
activities of teaching and learning English. This research also does not
need to give
the treatment to
the object of
the research. Then,
the researcher observes and describes the phenomena as in the fact as
clear as possible without manipulation. Therefore, the appropriate design can
be used in conducting this research is descriptive research. The design
consists of two stages. The first is observation to
the teacher and
the student. The
researcher observes the
class the school condition
and teaching learning
process. The second
stage is doing
the interview with the
English teacher. This
interview happens after
the researcher doing the
observation. In this process the interview the researcher ask detail about the students
motivation to preparing to national examination
