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was the students who got an average score in English. The last group was the students who got a low score in English.
2. Participants in the Experts’ Validation
The researcher involved the English teacher of SMK Negeri 1 Pengasih Kulonprogo
and the three English lecturers of the English Language Education Study Program, Sanata Dharma University. All of the participants in experts
validation are practitioners in designing medium and they also have enough teaching experiences.
D. Instruments and Data Gathering Techniques
In conducting the research, the researcher needed instruments to obtain the information to answer the research question. There were two types of instruments
which were interview and questionnaire in this research. The researcher used the interview in the research and information collecting step and questionnaire in the
experts’ validation. In the interview session, the researcher interviewed the six students and one English teacher of SMK Negeri 1 Pengasih Kulonprogo to obtain
the information about the needs of the students and the medium which were appropriate to the students. On the other hand, the questionnaire was used to get
evaluations and suggestions toward the designed medium. The following were the detailed explanations of each instrument.
1. Interview
The interview was the first instrument used by the researcher. The interview was conducted to find the students’ needs, currents skill, and the design of an
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appropriate and interesting medium that would be used in the class. The interview is one of the most widely used and basic methods for obtaining qualitative data.
Interviews are used to gather data from people about opinions, beliefs, and feelings about situations in their own words Ary, D. Jacobs, L. C. Sorensen, C, 2010.
Ary, et. al. 2010 also state that there are two types of interviews; structured and unstructured. In a structured interview, the questions and the alternative answers
are already provided. In contrast, unstructured interview forms in an informal style. The questions are given freely concerning with views, attitudes, beliefs, and other
information. The interview was conducted using the unstructured interview. The
researcher used unstructured interview because the researcher would like to find out more detailed information. In addition, the interview used Bahasa Indonesia to
make questions understandable. The questions which were be asked in the interview were about:
a. the importance of teaching English to the Hotel Accommodation Department
students b.
the appropriate materials for the students c.
the importance of creating interesting learning medium that can motivate the students to learn English
d. the learning strategy
e. the difficulties of learning English
2. Questionnaire
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