headmaster, Mrs. Trimurti, S.Pd, M.Pd. The English teacher of the seventh and the eighth grade students also welcomed friendly. The condition could help the writer in
collecting the data needed easily. The data gathered were in the form of list of identified field problems related
to the student’s ability in reading and the students’ expectation related to their materials. Then the data were listed and categorized based on the level of weight or
difficulty to be solved. All the data needed of the research were the opinion and information about the students’ characteristics, ability and problems. The data were
collected through class observation and in interviews with the teacher and the students. The instruments of data collection were a tape recorder, observation sheets,
interviews’ guidelines, and a photo camera. The data were in the form of audio records of the research, interview transcripts, field notes of the observation and
interviews, and photos.
G. Data Analysis Technique
The collected data was analyzed qualitatively by the writer. Information from the interviews and the observation is considered to find the needs of the students that
will be needed in the designing reading materials. The needs can be delivered into conclusions to determine the organization of the designing the materials.
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the findings of the research conducted from June 6
th
up to 13
th
, 2015 in the eighth and seventh grade of SMP N 1 Tanjungsari. This chapter covers two parts that are explained into some descriptions of views. First, it presents
the result of the study. It describes the needs analysis, the course grid, and the description of designing materials, expert judgment, revising the materials and
writing the final draft of the designed materials. The needs analysis describes the students ’needs, the learning needs, and the students’ characteristics. Second, it
presents the discussion as the answers to the questions in the formulation from the chapter 1.
A. Research Findings
The research had implemented in SMPN 1 Tanjungsari on June 6
th
up to 13
th
, 2015. It has been mentioned in the previous chapter that the main aim of the study is to design the appropriate writing English materials for the eighth grade
students of SMP N 1 Tanjungsari. In this chapter, the result of the study and several processes to achieve the results will be discussed are conducting the needs
analysis, writing the course grid, the designing the units, writing the tasks and revising the drafts, and writing the final- draft. The first to be discussed is the
results of the needs analysis.
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