genre. It is related to the CIRC theory which says that narrative is emphasized as the material to be developed.
Moreover, this set of instructional materials which is limited to eight units is aimed at being used in the first and second semester of the eleventh grade
students of SMA Negeri 4 Yogyakarta. It is the teacher’s job to be flexible to use this designed material to teach reading and writing skill through narrative genre.
The writer does not intend to implement this set of instructional materials. Therefore, the writer only presents the designed materials.
D. Research Objectives
There are two main objectives in this research related to the problems stated previously. The objectives of the research can be formulated as presented
below. 1. To find out how a set of instructional materials using Cooperative Integrated
Reading and Composition CIRC for the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 4
Yogyakarta is designed. 2. To present the set of instructional materials using Cooperative Integrated
Reading and Composition CIRC for the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 4
Yogyakarta.
E. Research Benefits
The result of this research will hopefully be beneficial for the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 4 Yogyakarta, the English teachers of SMA Negeri
4 Yogyakarta, and the other researchers.
First, knowing the result of this study, the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 4
Yogyakarta can hopefully easily learn reading and writing skills through the designed materials. Second, the result of this study can be beneficial for the
English teachers of SMA Negeri 4 Yogyakarta. The English teachers can hopefully improve their teaching techniques and be flexible especially in teaching
reading and writing using CIRC. The designed materials provided in this research can be the examples for the English teachers. The last, it is hoped that the result of
this study can be used as a reference to support future relevant studies done by other researchers. The other researchers can also implement the designed
materials since in this study the writer doesn’t implement the designed materials. The writer only designs and presents it.
F. Definition of Terms
In this section, some terms used in the research are defined to avoid misinterpretation and misunderstanding. There are Instructional Materials,
Reading, Writing, Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition CIRC, and SMA Negeri 4
Yogyakarta. 1. Instructional Materials
Instructional materials are materials planned or designed by the teacher for the teacher instructions Dick and Reiser, 1989: 3. In this study, instructional
materials mean the materials designed by the writer to be used by the English teacher and the students of SMA Negeri 4 Yogyakarta in conducting teaching-
learning process that will help the students to improve their reading and writing skill through narrative.
