1. Participants of the Pre-design Study
In this section, there were two groups of participants involved. The first group was 37 tenth grade students of SMA STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta. They
belonged to 2007-2008 academic years. The writer chose them as the participant of this study since they learnt English and they experienced the English reading skill
in their class. The second group was the tenth grade English teacher of SMA STELLA
DUCE 1 Yogyakarta. The writer expected valuable inputs from the teacher especially about the implementation of reading skill in the teaching learning
process.
2. Participants of the Post-design Study
The participants of the Preliminary Field Testing were English teachers of SMA STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta and lecturers of English Language Education
Study Program of Sanata Dharma University who have possessed adequate teaching experience. Based on their teaching experience, it was expected that they
were able to evaluate the designed materials. In this study, there were four participants involved. The participants were two English teachers of SMA STELLA
DUCE 1 Yogyakarta and two lecturers of English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. The participants of this study had many experiences in
teaching which was shown by their teaching period. All of the participants had more than four years teaching experiences. Two English teachers and one lecturer
were Undergraduate Degree, while one lecturer had a Master Degree. The participants in this section served as the evaluators of the designed
material. It was hoped that the writer would obtain evaluation, feedback, and
comments on the designed material. From the evaluation, feedback, and comments gathered, the writer would make revision and improvement on the materials.
After improving and revising the designed materials based on the participants’ evaluation, the writer conducted a pilot study. The purpose of this
study was to investigate the results of the implementation of the designed materials in the reading class. The participants were three tenth grade students of SMA
STELLA DUCE 1 Yogyakarta. The results of the pilot study would be used to make some necessary adjustments on the designed materials and the syllabus.
C. Research Instruments
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