The Description of Students’ Profile

question number 2, the six-step procedures in developing units proposed by Nunan 2004 are appropriate to be applied in the supplementary reading materials since the six-step procedure allows the students to learn the English materials autonomously. The data are presented in the table below. Table 4.3. The Students’ View about the Target Goal No. Question Items f P 2. What is your purpose of learning English reading materials at the school?

a. To be able to answer all

of the questions in the exam correctly. 21 65.625 b. To support the education in the next level. 8 25 c. To get the knowledge of English and its culture so that you can communicate well. 1 3.125 d. To be able to communicate spoken and written in English. 2 6.26 The students‟ view about the English reading materials that the students use in the class This question was aimed at knowing the students‟ opinion about the English Reading material that they use in the class. It is presented in the table below. Table 4.4. The Students’ View about the English Reading Materials that They Used in the Class No. Question Items f P 3. The English reading materials that you use ... my learning process. a. strongly support b. have already support 8 25

c. give less support to

23 71.875 d. do not support Most of the students agreed that it is not enough to improve their reading skills through the materials that are provided by the government. It means that the English reading materials that they used should be supplemented. The students‟ view about the supplementary reading materials The question number 4 was aimed at knowing the students‟ opinion about the supplementary reading materials. It is presented in the table below. Table 4.5. The Students’ View about Supplementary Reading Materials No. Question Items F P 4. In your opinion, the supplementary reading materials are ... in the English class. a. really needed 12 37.5

b. needed

20 62.5 c. not really needed d. not needed at all The table above shows that the supplementary reading materials should be designed to support their English learning process. b Lacks Through the questions number 10, 11, 12, and 13, the information about the gap between what the students know and what the students do not know was gained. The students‟ views about their lacks are presented in the table below. Table 4.6 The Students’ lacks No. Questions Items f P 10. Do you have difficulties related to vocabulary? a. Yes, I really do.

b. Yes, I do.

22 68.75

c. No, I do not.

10 31.25 d. No, I do not. I master it. 11. Do you have difficulties in finding the structure and a. Yes, I really do.

b. Yes, I do.

18 56.25

c. No, I do not.

13 40.625