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4. The writer was suggested to add more grammar focus on language focus.
C. Discussion
This section discusses the process of designing a set of instructional materials, the revision and improvement on the designed materials based on the
result of the questionnaires of the respondents. In the process of designing the materials, the writer conducted needs analysis. The writer distributed
questionnaires to the staffs of Culture and Tourism Department in Sleman in order to find out their needs of English. Based on the questionnaires, the writer found
out that staffs of Culture and Tourism Department in Sleman needed English to communicate with foreign tourists since their job was to give information about
culture and tourism objects in Sleman to foreign tourists. They needed English to support their job. The questionnaires showed that all the staffs of Culture and
Tourism Department in Sleman agreed with the topics. The topics include conversation which is very important to improve their speaking skill. This skill is
to support their professionally in their job. Therefore, the writer tried to fulfill their needs in English by designing a set of English materials related to their job.
After designing the English materials, the writer distributed the designed materials to obtain the evaluation and suggestion from one English Language Education
Study Program lecturer, three instructors from several English courses, and one of staffs of Culture and Tourism Department in Sleman.
The writer agreed to the respondents’ opinions and suggestions about the designed materials because those opinions and suggestions are very useful to
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revise and improve the designed materials. The data on table 4. 6 indicate that the average points of the respondents’ agreement on the designed materials were 3. 6
out of scale of range from 1 to 4.Therefore, according to the Best 1970;179, the writer could draw conclusion that that the designed materials were positively
acceptable. After knowing the respondent’s agreements, the writer made some
revisions and improvements on the designed materials based on the respondents’ suggestions as mentioned above in order to have a better instructional materials.
The result of the revision and improvement were as follows: 1.
The writer gave sufficient exercises to train the learners using the appropriate useful expressions.
2. The writer checked any misspelling and grammatical mistakes in order to
avoid giving bad examples to the learners. 3.
The writer added more grammar focus on Keep in Your Mind. However, a suggestion from a respondent to give longer duration in each
meeting was not used to improve the designed materials because the writer thought that longer duration at least 120 minutes in each meeting could make the
learners bored.
D. Presentation of the Final Version of the Instructional Materials Design
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