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6. Selecting Teaching Learning Activities

In order to provide fun activities in the design, the writer selected various sources including some books from library and other references which suitable for fifth grade students. The teaching techniques in the design were based on the activities from communicative approach. Since students learn English in language laboratory and the seat arrangements are in groups, then some activities require students to work in group and individual and also class discussion.

7. Evaluation of Designed Materials

The writer needs to validate the designed materials. Having finished designing the material, the writer distributed questionnaire to respondents in order to improve the design. From the questionnaire, the writer revised the design which is appropriate for language laboratory. The respondents were three elementary English teachers and one lecturer of PBI Sanata Dharma University. They were asked to give feedback such as opinions, comments, and suggestions toward the designed material. The data of the respondents are listed below: Sex Teaching Experience Group of Respondents M F 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 English Teachers 2 1 1 1 1 - English Lecturers of Sanata Dharma University 1 - - 1 - - Table 4.3: The Description of the Respondents Note: M: Male F : Female 55 There were five points of agreement as the assessment in the selected- response questionnaire. They were expressed in number below: a. strongly disagree = 1 b. disagree = 2 c. doubtful = 3 d. agree = 4 e. strongly agree = 5 As stated in previous chapter, the descriptive statistics is needed to calculate the selected-response questionnaire. Table 4.4 below shows the result from the descriptive statistics. FREQUENCY OF OCCURENCE Central Tendency NO RESPONDENT EVALUATION 1 2 3 4 5 N Mean 1 The material design is relevant for the fifth grade students. - - 1 3 - 4 3.75 2 All units are well-arranged from the easiest to the most difficult. - - - 3 1 4 4.25 3 Activities are various and communicative. - - - 1 3 4 4.75 4 The reading material difficulty level is suitable for fifth grade students. - - - 4 - 4 4 5 The instructions for student’s book are easy to understand. - - 1 - 3 4 4.5 6 The instructions for teacher’s book are easy to manage. - - 1 - 3 4 4.5 7 The Let’s Start helps - - 1 1 2 4 4.25