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E. Discussion of the Final Product
Talking puppets media were implemented and evaluated by the fifth grade students of SD Negeri Tegalrejo 2. Moreover, Talking puppets also revised by
English teacher. Based on the revisions and the evaluations, the media were suitable for teaching listening to young learners especially fifth grade students.
The following explanations are the main parts of the media. 1. Materials of instructions
The materials of instructions used in the media got more than 82 in percentage of items based on the English teachers questionnaires result. It means
that the material in the media were acceptable because they got more than 60 in percentage of items. In addition, there were no revisions and evaluations for the
materials. 2. The syllabus and program content
Based on the English teacher’ evaluation questionnaires, the syllabus and program content got more than 82 in percentage of items. It means that these
parts were feasible and suitable for teaching of listening to young learners. Moreover, there were some revisions which were done before the media were
used in the class. In contrast, there were no evaluation for the syllabus and program content given by the students after the implementation of the media.
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3. Media This media got 84 in percentage of items. However, it should be revised
based on the English teachers’ and students’ suggestions. Nevertheless, the suggestions were not done because of some reasons. The main reason was that
media could be used normally without the suggested revisions.
F. Limitation of the Product Development
Talking puppets which had been developed in this research study could only be used as media for the teaching of listening.This teaching aids is only hand
made so the durability of this media is not as good as a factory production.The user should keep it away from fire because the puppet made from
cotton
. On the other hand, other macro skills are needed different media. Moreover, the activities
provided here could only asses the students’ understanding in listening skills. In addition, this media could only be used to teach third grade students of elementary
schools. Other students in different levels need different learning media.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusion of the Product Development
Talking puppets were aimed to help English teachers in teaching listening skill to young learners. The media were developed based on the ADDIE design
model. The steps in the media development were conducting needs analysis, formulating instructional design, developing the designed media, implementing
the products and evaluating the media. There are two products developed in this research study. They were Talking puppet media and teachers’ guide book.
There were three main parts in developing the talking puppets. They were designing the puppet, producing the puppet and printing the background. There
were two puppets in this media. The puppets were made from cotton with some addition item such as eyes and fur. Moreover, the background was printed on
matte papers. In addition, the story was supported by the backgroundthat was printed and modified. The backgrounds should be thick and well-preserved so
they modified on the cardboard with some glue. The other product developed to support the learning media were teacher’s
guide book and students’ workbook. The teacher’s guide book was for the English teachers. This book was aimed to help the English teacher in using or operating
Talking puppets media for teaching listening to young learners. This guide book contains of: 1 Course grid and lesson plan; 2 Steps in using Talking puppet
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media; 3 Script of the story; and 4 assessment and key answers. The learning activities were divided into three sections. They were presentation, practice and
production. After developing the media, needs analysis, evaluation and revisions were
conducted. The revisions were from ten English teachers as the respondents. The revisions were done before the implementation of the product. Moreover, based
on the English teachers’ evaluation questionnaires, the syllabus and program content and the media got more than 3,25 in mean value. On the other hand, the
mean value of material instructions was 3,14. It means that Talking puppet media was very good for teaching listening. On the other hands, some suggestions for
better media were also given by the English teachers and the revisions were done based on the suggestions.
There were some problem during the research. The most affected problem was how to make the puppet. The puppet used in this research study was hand
puppets. Hand puppets should fit to the user hand in order to make it easily handled. Finally, the puppet made from cotton were chosen because it will make
the puppet easier to be moved and because it is elastic.
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