Using song in teaching english speaking skills for young learners

 
5. The Technique of Collecting Data 
The researcher collects the data of the research in investigating the 
teachers that teach in fifth grade through observation, interview and 

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documentation. Those techniques fit to the research design as qualitative 
research, are as follows: 
a. Observation
On the observation the researcher used observation checklist as the 
instrument for collecting data. Observation checklist will be collecting data 
how is the teaching and learning process of speaking skills for YLs by using 
song and before the researcher observe about teaching process the 
researcher observes about condition of facilities in the classroom, learning 
tools, after that the researcher observed the students‟ activity. You can see 
part of Appendix 1. 
b. Interview 
The next technique used to collect the data is interview. According to 
Ary, et al (2010: 480) state: “the interview is one of the most widely used 
methods for obtaining qualitative data. Interviews are used to gather data on 
subjects‟ opinions, beliefs, and feelings about the situation in their own 
words. The qualitative interview is typically more probing and open ended 
less structured”.
The researcher was interviewed Mrs. Afi as English teacher at MI 
Madinatunnajah. The researcher need to know the advantages and the 
disadvantages of using song in teaching and learning speaking skills and the 
teacher‟s effort in teaching English speaking skills using song. In this 
research, the researcher will interview the participants based on the 
guidance of interview. The guidance of interview will be form Indonesia 
language in order to be more talks freely in a naturalistic way. Moreover, 
the researcher will use audio tape recording while interview. The question 
of interview can be seen totally in Appendix 3 and 5.