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Table 4.2 The List of 8 Top Topics Based on the Questionnaire
No. Topics Percentage
1. Food and Drink
98.2 2. Entertainment
94.6 3. Tourism
94.6 4. Culture
91.1 5. Transportation
87.5 6. Health
85.7 7. Sport
82.1 8. Fairy
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2. Formulating Goal, Topics, and General Purposes
Having conducted the needs survey and having gathered the data, the researcher formulated a goal of designing a set of English reading materials
using authentic printed materials for the second grade students of SMP N 1 Piyungan. In this research, the researcher adapted School Based Curriculum as
usually known as 2006 curriculum or Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan KTSP. The goal of the designed materials based on Standard Competence of
Rintisan Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional RSBI was at the end of the semester the students were understand the functional text and short essay of simple
descriptive, recount, and exposition to communicate with the environment or in an academic context.
Having determined the goal, the researcher specified the general purposes that were stated as Basic Competence. In this research, the researcher
combined basic competences from general school and Rintisan Sekolah
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were stated below. 1
At the end of the semester, the students are able to understand correctly and efficiently the explicit meaning expressed in functional text and short
text in form of descriptive, recount, and exposition which are realated to surroundings and or in an academic context.
2 At the end of the semester, the students are able to understand correctly
and efficiently the implied meaning expressed in functional text and short text in form of descriptive, recount, and exposition which are related to
surroundings and or in an academic context. After formulating goal and general purposes, the researcher listed
topics that would be presented in each unit. In arranging the topics, the researcher considered two points. First, the researcher considered the
curriculum, whether the topics were appropriate or not to be given to the second grade of junior high school. Second, the researcher considered the
topics from students’ interests based on needs survey. The listed topics were stated as follows.
Table 4.3 The List of Topics
Unit Topics
Unit 1 Flora and Fauna
Unit 2 Entertainment
Unit 3 Tourism
Unit 4 Invitation
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Unit Topics
Unit 5 My Holiday
Unit 6 My Funny Experiences
Unit 7 Technology
Unit 8 Environment
From eight topics which were listed above, the researcher only designed the first four topics that would be presented in designed materials. In
choosing the first four topics, the researcher considered two points. First, the English teachers of SMP N 1 Piyungan asked the researcher to make the first
four topics for the designed materials. Second, the researcher considered the topics based on students’ interest from the needs survey. Thus, there were four
topics which were presented in the designed materials. The topics are stated as follows.
Table 4.4 The List of Four Topics
Unit Topics
Unit 1 Flora and Fauna
Unit 2 Entertainment
Unit 3 Tourism
Unit 4 Invitation
3. Syllabus
