The Results of the Questionnaire Distributed to the Eleventh Grade

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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

This chapter discusses two major parts. The first part presents the research result in detail and the second part presents the discussion on the designes materials.

A. Research Findings

In conducting the research, the researcher employed five steps of R D cycle. The result of each step is explained as follows:

1. Research and Information Collecting

The first step was a need survey. The researcher took a need survey in order to gather information about the students’ needs, interests, and difficults in learning English. In order to obtain the data, the researcher distributed a questionnaire to 25 eleventh grade students of tourism department of SMK Karya Rini YHI Kowani and conducted an interview with the English teacher of eleventh grade to clarify the information that was not covered in the questionnaire. The result of the questionnaire and interview are presented as follows.

a. The Results of the Questionnaire Distributed to the Eleventh Grade

Students The questionnaire was distributed to 25 eleventh grade students of Hotel Accommodation of SMK Karya Rini YHI Kowani. The researcher used closed- form questionnaire. In answering the questionnaire, the students simply crossed the appropriate answer or answers that represent their actual situation. The table of the result of the needs survey is presented in appendix B. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Some major points, which were needed as the basis for designing the materials, were explained in the result of the questionnaire presented in appendix B. The first question of the questionnaire asked the students how often they speak in English. The result showed that 4 of the students very often spoke in English, 72 of them said that they sometimes spoke in English, and 24 of them seldom spoke in English. The second, the researcher asked about how often the students speak in English with their English teacher and classmates. 4 of the students said they very often spoke in English with their English teacher and classmates, 64 of them stated that sometimes they spoke in English with their English teacher and classmates, then 32 of them seldom spoke in English with them. The result showed that not all of the students participate actively in practicing speaking. The third question was to find out to whom the students speak in English. The students were allowed to choose more than answers. 84 of the students said they spoke in English with their teachers, 76 of them spoke in English with their schoolmates, 4 of them spoke in English with their family, 20 of them spoke in English with their friends, and 8 of them spoke in English with other people exclude the options above. The precentage showed that they spoke in English most with their teachers and schoolmates. In other words, it can be concluded that the students speak English most at school. The fourth question asked about when the students started learning English. 4 of the students answered they started learning English since they were kindergarteners, 56 of them said they started learning English since they PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI were students of grade 1 to 3 of elementary school, 32 of them started learning English since they were students of grade 4 to 6 of elementary school, then 8 of them stated that they started learning English since they were students of junior high school. Then, the researcher asked the students’ opinion on the statement that English and tourism are related each other. 76 of the students strongly agreed with that statement and 24 of them agreed with it. It showed that they knew the correlation between English and tourism. A question about the students’ opinion on the statement that mastering English is important for people working on tourism field was also asked to them. 76 of the students andwered that they strongly agreed with that statement and 24 of them agreed with it. It showed they realized that they needed to master English to work on tourism field. The next question was to find out whether speaking in English is difficult according to the students. 12 of the students answered that speaking in English was very difficult, 40 of them said it was difficult, 44 of them stated it was standard, 4 of them said it was easy and nobody answered that it was very easy. The researcher also asked what difficulties the students face when they speak in English. 52 of the students answered that they did not master a lot of English vocabularies, 8 of them did not know correct English grammar, 24 of them did not know how to pronounce English words correctly, 4 of them did not know about topics they were going to talk, 12 of them did not know how to PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI begin or respond conversations. The result showed that the students felt that their vocabulary and pronunciation were poor. Next question asked the students opinion on a statement that being afraid of making mistakes makes the students are hesitant to speak in English. 12 of the students strongly agreed with that statement. 72 of them agreed with it. 12 answered uncertain and 4 disagreed. The researcher also asked whether the students agreed with the statement that listening ability really supported speaking ability. 36 of the students strongly agreed and 64 of them agreed with the statement. Next statement which is asked is that learning English not only learn about grammar and vocabulary but also learn about their culture and habit. 12 of the students strongly agreed, 64 of them agreed, 12 uncertain and 12 disagreed. Then the researcher asked whether interesting activities helped the students in practicing speaking in English. 36 of the students strongly agree with the statement and 64 of them agree with it. The researcher then asked the students to choose four of five activities given that were interesting to practice speaking. 64 of the students answer simulation, 92 of them answered dialog, 36 of them answered discussion, 20 of them answered presentation, and 24 of them answered role-play. When being asked about whether exciting topics help the students in practicing speaking in English, 28 of them strongly agree with the statement and 72 of them agree with it. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Then the last question is to ask the students to choose four topics of ten topics available. It aimed to choose the topics used to develop the materials. 84 of the students chose “My Happy Holiday”, 16 of them chose “Indonesian Traditional Ceremony”, 32 of them chose “I Have a Dream”, 72 of them chose “I Like Doing It”, 20 of them chose “Global Warming”, 76 of them chose “Welcome to my Paradise”, 40 of them chose “Be Healthy, Be Happy”, 48 chose “Hello Who is Speaking, Please?”

b. The Results of the Interview with the English Teacher