For Researcher For English Teachers For English Hearing Impaired Students For Further Researches

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D. Research Objective

This research is conducted in order to design and to validate the design of English speaking instructional materials based on eclectic approach for the seventh grade hearing impaired students of SLB Wiyata Dharma I. The validation is done through product verification by the English teacher of the seventh grade hearing impaired students of SLB Wiyata Dharma I as the practitioner and by the English lecturers of Sanata Dharma University as the material development experts.

E. Research Benefits

Related to the significance, this research is expected to give some benefits to the development of English speaking instructional materials for the seventh grade hearing impaired students of SLB Wiyata Dharma I in particular. Besides, many people can draw the significances of this research. They can be identified as follows.

1. For Researcher

The researcher has a lot benefits from the research working in the area of instructional development. One of the benefits is that the researcher is able to conduct a research on developing English speaking instructional materials for the seventh grade hearing impaired students of SLB Wiyata Dharma I based on eclectic approach and to find out valuable experience and insight from this PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 7 research. Furthermore, from this research, the researcher is able to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of the developed materials.

2. For English Teachers

Considering that developing materials are not easy at all, this research will valuably contribute English teachers to creating English speaking instructional materials and conducting English teaching and learning process. Furthermore, since this research is conducted through analyzing the learners‟ needs, it will encourage the English teachers to always explore the alternative techniques used in teaching English.

3. For English Hearing Impaired Students

Hearing impaired students will have a lot of benefits from English speaking instructional materials developed in this research. The materials will enhance learning motivation of the students with hearing impairment since they provide the students exercises which encourage their participation. Moreover, the students will also improve their enthusiasm in learning English since the materials are completed with interesting topics which enable them to have varied experiences significant for their further learning and for their daily life.

4. For Further Researches

The result of this research can be the starting point to conduct subsequent researches which are working in the same area. Such researches are PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 8 needed to be carried out because education will always improve along with the development of technology and information. As technology improves, public‟s point of view of better education will also exactly change in any education levels. Therefore, this research can be the base to make more proper English speaking instructional materials for hearing impaired students in particular.

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