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the difficulties faced during the teaching learning process, and also the suitable topics to teach English for the students. The data then will be used as the basic to
design the appropriate materials for the students. Here, the writer used unstructured interview because, according to Ary, et al. 1979: 175, unstructured
interview is more flexible and informal.
3. Class Observation
The writer observed the teaching learning activities in the kindergarten school. The observation was done as additional information about the pupils’
difficulties and interests in learning English. The observation was non-participant class observation, since the writer was not involved in any activities in class. The
writer used observation sheet and also took note during the teaching learning activities to record the important things might happen during the teaching learning
activities. Therefore, the writer could design a set of materials appropriate to the students’ condition and created the interesting activities.
D. Data Gathering Technique
This part will discuss about the time and the way the data gathered.
1. Distributing Questionnaire A for the Pupils’ Parents
Before designing the materials, the writer needed to do some steps for needs survey. The first step was distributed questionnaire A to 20 parents of TK
Kanisius Klepu pupils. The questionnaire was used to find out the students’ characteristics, needs, and interests in learning English. The writer distributed the
questionnaire to the pupils’ parents on November 2009 at school while the parents
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waited for their children. To avoid misunderstanding, the writer also attached an explanation about the questionnaire and the direction in what to do by the
participants. Since the questionnaire was written in Indonesia, the parents would understand the content easily.
2. Interviewing the Teachers
TK Kanisius Klepu
The next step was interviewing 3 teachers of TK Kanisius Klepu. The questions in the interview were about the learners’ background, the method and
media in teaching English, and the difficulties faced by the students in learning English vocabulary, and also the topics appropriate to the students based on the
teachers’ point of view. The interview was done face to face on November 21
st
, 2009 after school, and was conducted informally to create a familiar and relaxing
atmosphere for the teachers. The resulted data, then, were collected and summarized. The interview was needed since the writer needed wider data about
the students. 3.
Observing the Class
The observation was done on November 21
st
2009 during the teaching learning activities. This was non-participant class observation, since the writer
was not involved in any activities in class. The data in the form of observation sheet and field notes to record the situation, the activities in class, and the
problems that were faced by the pupils during the teaching learning process. The data resulted from the observation were considered as the additional information
to design the learning materials, activity and media which were suitable for the kindergarten pupils.
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No Statements Yes √
No √
1. Goals, topics, and general purpose were defined
2. There were media used in learning activities
3. Students were interested in learning English
4. Teacher was using varieties of activities
5. Students got actively involved in learning activities
6. Students could easily understand the materials
7. Students were enjoying every steps of learning
8. Ice breaking: …………..
NOTE
Table 3.2.: the Format of Observation Sheet Blank
4. Distributing Questionnaire B for the Teachers of
