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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the results of needs analysis, the process of materials writing as well as the results of expert judgment and the revision of the learning
units in the materials.
A. Research Findings
1. The Results of Needs Analysis
Below are the data obtained through the needs analysis. It was conducted in the initial stage of materials development to find out students’ learning needs. The
questionnaire included 25 items of multiple choice questions which were divided into eight aspects namely necessities, wants, lacks, input, procedure, setting,
students’ role, and teacher’s role. The students’ needs were assumed from the highest percentage. There were 30 respondents with 23 of them were males and the
rest were females.
a. Students’ Goals
Table 6: Students’ Goals Question
Items N
F
What is your main goal
by learning
English at school? a. to pass the National Exam
30 b. to support higher education.
30 c. to support future job.
30 9
30 d. to gain knowledge of the
English language and culture 30
4 13.33
e. to be able to communicate orally and in writing in English.
30 17 56.67
Goals are related to students’ general motivation on why they decide to learn a specific subject, in this case, English. More than half of the respondents
56.67 agreed that they learned English to be able to use it in communication, both orally and in writing. Next, more than a quarter 30 of the respondents
agreed that they will get benefits from learning English in their future career. Meanwhile, the rest of the respondents 13.33 said that they learned English in
order to know more about the language and also its culture. b.
Students’ Needs
Target needs are what knowledge and abilities the learner needs in order to be able to perform appropriately Hutchinson and Waters, 1987: 55-58. There are
three aspects of students’ needs, they are necessities, wants, and lacks. 1.
Necessities Table 7: Necessities
Question Items
N F
What is your currrent English level?
a. Novice 30
21 70
b. Elementary 30
8 26.67
c. Intermediate 30
1 3.33
As an XI grader, your English should be at
what level? a. Novice
30 b. Elementary
30 28
93.33 c. Intermediate
30 2
6.67 ‘Necessities’ is the type of needs determined by the demands of the target
situation. From the questionnaire, it was revealed that 70 of the respondents thought that their English skill was at the novice level. 26.67 of the respondents
claimed that their English was at the elementary level, and 1 respondent with intermediate English. However, the majority of the students 93.33 agreed that
as eleventh graders they should have elementary level English skills, while the
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