Data Analysis Techniques RESEARCH METHOD
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No. Questions
Items F
P 2.
Having ability in English writing
is…. a. Very important
17 73.9
b. Important 6
26.08 c. Less important
d. Not important
The table shows that 73.9 students believe that learning English is very important. Besides, having ability in English writing is also very important based
on the table above. 2 Needs
Table 7: Students’ view about target needs
No. Questions
Items F
P 3.
The level of your writing ability is
…. a. Beginner
1 3.34
b. Intermediate 22
95.65 c. Advanced
d. Others ….
4. How often do you
write in English? a. Very often
1 3.34
b. Frequently 3
13.04 c. Sometimes
19 82.6
d. Never
According to the table, 95.65 states that their writing abilities are intermediate. In addition, 82.6 of the students claim that the sometimes write in
English. 3 Wants
Table 8: Students’ view about target wants
No. Questions
Items F
P 9.
Does teaching grammar need to
be done before writing texts?
a. Yes 22
95.65 b. No
10. Is teaching vocabulary
needed before writing texts?
a. Yes 20
86.95 b. No
3 13.04
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No. Questions
Items F
P 11. Is giving
explanation about genre needed to
be done? a. Yes
21 91.30
b. No 2
8.69
The table above shows that the students want grammar explanation is taught before writing texts as 95.65 choose yes in the questionnaire. Besides,
86.95 of the students state that teaching vocabulary is needed before writing texts. Then, 91.30 of them claim that giving explanation about genre is needed
to be done. 4 Lacks
Table 9: Students’ view about their lacks
No. Questions
Items F
P 20. What are your
difficulties in learning writing?
a. Difficulty on making sentences
9 39.13
b. Difficulty on choosing vocabularies
10 43.47
c. Difficulty on organizing paragraph
9 39.13
d. Difficulty on grammar 9
39.13 e.
Others…. 1
4.34
Based on the table above, 43.47 of the students state that their difficulty in learning writing is choosing vocabularies.
c. Learning needs Hutchinson and Waters 1987 state that learning needs refer to what the
learners need to do in order to learn. Below are the explanations about the result of learning needs from the questionnaire.