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analysis of the test results can determine students’ strength and weakness as the test cover four English skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing skill.
2. Data Gathering Instruments
After recognizing the data gathering technique afforded in the previous section, this section provides the data gathering instruments. There are
questionnaire as the instrument of the survey, interview protocol as the instrument of the interview, field notes as the instrument of the observation, and test
worksheet as the instrument of the test.
a. Questionnaire
Distributing q uestionnaire is aimed at gathering the learners’
characteristics, experiences, perceptions, and needs toward both the English usage at their workplace and the designed materials. Ary et al. 2002 state that:
Questionnaire is designed for self-administration and it is possible to include a large number of subjects as well as subjects in more-
diverse locations. Respondents also feel free to give their opinions and do not feel reluctant to express points of view p.421
Distributing the questionnaire was aimed at providing an effective and
efficient way to gather the data due to the large amount of the participants. In designing the questionnaire, the researcher has consulted the questionnaire with
the researcher’s supervisor to maintain the effectiveness of the statements that
were given. Mackay Mountford 1978 suggest that “if a questionnaire is to be
used, the teacher must determine what kind of information about what he requires and design questions to elicit the information” p. 21. Outlining the questionnaire
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questionnaire. Thus, the questionnaire distributed was already highly effective and efficient by not stating useless statements or questions. The questionnaires were
distributed in three steps, which are in research and information collecting, planning, and preliminary field testing.
1 Questionnaires in Research and Information Collecting
The purpose of distributing questionnaire in research and information collecting step is to obtain the general characteristics, including their needs, lacks,
and wants of members of the wedding organizers in Yogyakarta. The questionnaires implemented both close-ended and open-ended questions. Since
the questionnaires were about the English usage as well as the expectation of English in the designed materials, therefore, the following table represents the
blueprint of the questionnaire.
Table 3.3. The Blueprint of the Questionnaire
Part Topic
Task-Based Learning Principle
A Members’ background
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Members’ perception towards English
Learning factors, essential exposure, and essential motivation
Willis, 1996: 9, 11, 14 C D
Members’ perception toward the importance of English skills
Use of language Willis, 1996: 13
2 Questionnaires in Planning
The questionnaires in this step was aimed at obtaining students’ perceptive toward the arrangement of contents of the materials. To arrange the
questionnaires, Likert scale was utilized. Likert 1934 states that: In response to the difficulty of measuring a procedure for measuring
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