Instruments for Research and Information collecting step

31 Table 3.6 Interpretations of the Average Points Range Meaning 1.00 – 1.99 Replace the rejected part of the design 2.00 – 2.99 Add more part or modify part of the design based on the lack on the statement 3.00 – 3.99 Conduct more exploration on the existing part of the design based on the statement 4.00 – 5.00 No revision Then, the researcher made the improvement of the design based on the data. The result of the design evaluation of the designed materials became the significant main sources in this process. It contained feedback and evaluation from the experts.

G. Research Procedures

In order to have valid and reliable data for the instructional design of writing materials for the eighth-grade students of SMPN 15 Yogyakarta, the researcher made the steps in the certain ways. The steps were arranged and carried through, so later those steps helped the writer to collect the data. The procedures were explained as follows. The first step is research and information collecting. In this step, the researcher gathered the information dealing with syllabus used. Besides, the researcher collected the base information of this step from the observation of teaching-learning process in the classroom. The researcher also got the information from the interview with two English teachers from the school. After the researcher gathered the result of research and information collecting, the researcher started to state units, topics, and objectives, define skill, make lesson plan and small scale feasibility test, and determine sequence. The next stage is developing preliminary field test. In this stage, the researcher started to design the 32 materials using EGRA technique. In this stage, the researcher listed the subject contents and made the instructional materials. In the next stage, the researcher conducted an evaluation of the materials by distributing the questionnaires to an English teacher of SMPN 15 Yogyakarta and to two lecturers of Sanata Dharma University in the English Language Education Study Program. For the last step, the researcher made the better materials based on the feedbacks and suggestions. The result of the questionnaires was used to make a better designed materials for the eighth-grade students of SMPN 15 Yogyakarta. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI