27 operational product revision, operational field testing, final product revision, and
dissemination and implementation Borg and Gall, 1983, p. 775. For this research, the writer concerns only five steps because the writer did not test the
materials. The steps are 1 Research and information collecting, 2 Planning, 3 Develop preliminary form of product, 4 Preliminary field testing, 5 Main
product revision.
1. Research and Information Collecting
In this step, the writer collected the data from the class observations and from the interview with the English teacher of SDN Bogem 2 Sleman Yogyakarta.
The class observation aimed to observe the condition of the school, the general character of students while learning English, the learning process of the students
and also the process of teaching by the English teacher. The semi-structured interview with the teacher was conducted on 6
th
of October, 2012. The interview would provide the information related to the way the teacher usually does in
organizing the class, the obstacles in teaching English, and also related to the speaking skill for the fourth grade students.
2. Planning
Borg and Gall 1983 notes that “the most important aspect of planning is the statement of the specific objectives to be achieved by the product” p. 779.
Therefore, after conducting the interview with the teacher, the writer defined the skill and the specific statements of what would the learner be able to do when the
instruction has been applied. In this step, the writer developed the Competence
28 Standard and Basic Competence so that the objectives can be appropriately
applied for the fourth grade students of SDN Bogem 2 Sleman, Yogyakarta. The statements would be presented in the form of syllabus and lesson plans.
3. Development of the Preliminary Form of the Product
This step involved the preparation of all parts of the product such as the lesson plans, syllabus, handouts, and other media that were needed in the
implementation. The instrument forms in the evaluation stage were also developed and printed. There were questionnaires for the experts and the English
teacher of SDN Bogem 2 Sleman Yogyakarta prepared by the writer.
4. Preliminary Field Test
