56 previous song was a bit difficult for the students because there were too many
difficult vocabularies and the pronunciation in the lyric was a bit too fast for the students’ level.
4 Improving the quality of the audio recording
Since some parts of the audio recording were not clear enough, the writer decided to record the listening script again. The writer also considered the
grammar mistakes in the audio recording which also needed to be revised
B. The Final Version of the Designed Materials
After conducting the revision and improvement of the designed materials, the final version of the English Listening materials based on Task-Based
Language Teaching for the seventh grade students of the first semester of SMPN2 Yogyakarta was presented. There were four units in the materials and each unit
requires 2 x 40 minutes. The units in the materials are presented as follows: 1
Hello, Friends 2
Open Your Book, Please 3
Everything around Us 4
Be Grateful There were four main parts in each unit as it should be on the task-based
principles. The main parts were Warming Up, Your Turn, Your Focus, and What have You Learnt Today?. The materials were developed based on the school
syllabus which used 2006 School-Based Curriculum KTSP. Table 4.9 presents
57 the differences between the revised materials with the last materials. The
underlined parts are the activities which have been revised.
Table 4.9: The Comparison of the Last Materials and the Revised Materials Unit
Last Materials Revised Materials
Unit I
Hello, My Friends
Introducing, greeting, and leave taking.
a. Warming Up
• Greet their friends and
introduce themselves. •
Choose the correct picture for each dialogue based on the
recording.
b. Your Turn
•
Task 1
Part A
Listen and complete the dialogue based on the
recording. Part B
Answer the question
based on the recording on part A.
•
Task 2
Answer the question based on the recording.
c. Your Focus
• Listen and repeat after the
teacher. •
Match the missing sentences with the correct pictures.
• Let’s Practice
Work in a group of two.
Make a conversation
based on one of the situations provided.
d. What have You Learnt Today?
Write down their review of today’s lesson.
Hello, Friends
Introducing, greeting, and leave taking.
a. Warming Up
• Greet their friends and
introduce themselves. •
Choose the correct picture for each dialogue based on the
recording.
b. Your Turn
•
Task 1
Part A
Listen and complete the dialogue based on the
recording. Part B
Answer the question
based on the recording on part A.
•
Task 2
Answer the question based on the recording.
c. Your Focus
• Listen and repeat after the
teacher. •
Write the correct greetings according to the pictures.
• Listen
to the teacher’s explanation about time.
• Let’s Practice
Work in a group of two.
Make a conversation
based on one of the situations provided.
d. What have You Learnt Today?
Write down their review of today’s lesson.
Unit II
Open Your Book, Please
Giving Instruction and Prohibitions
a. Warming Up
• Listen and do what the
Open Your Book, Please
Giving Instruction and Prohibitions
a. Warming Up
• Choose the correct picture for
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Revised Materials
teacher says. •
Differentiate between the instruction and prohibition.
b. Your Turn
•
Task 1
Part A
Listen and complete the dialogue based on the
recording. Part B
Write down the
statements that show giving instruction and
prohibition based on the recording on part A.
•
Task 2
Listen to the recording and write true or false for each
statement.
c. Your Focus
• Listen to the teacher’s
explanation •
Let’s Practice
Work in a group of three.
List at least 5
instructions and prohibitions that can be
found in the school.
d. What have You Learnt Today?
Write down their review of today’s lesson.
each instruction based on the recording.
b. Your Turn
•
Task 1
Part A
Listen and complete the dialogue based on the
recording.
Find the meaning of the vocabulary.
Part B
Write down the statements that show
giving instruction and prohibition based on the
recording on part A.
•
Task 2
Listen to the recording
and write true or false for each statement.
Find the meaning of the
vocabulary.
c. Your Focus
• Listen to the teacher’s
explanation •
Let’s Practice
Work in a group of three.
List at least 5
instructions and prohibitions that can be
found in the school.
d. What have You Learnt Today?
Write down their review of today’s lesson.
Unit III
Everything Around Us
Asking for and Giving Information
a. Warming Up
• Listen to the song and fill in
the missing part. •
Answer and discuss the questions.
b. Your Turn
•
Task 1
Listen to the recording and complete the dialogue.
•
Task 2
Part A
Listen to the recording
Everything Around Us
Asking for and Giving Information
a. Warming Up
• Watch the video about
preposition. •
Find the meaning of the prepositions.
b. Your Turn
•
Task 1
Listen to the recording and complete the dialogue.
•
Task 2
Part A
Listen to the recording
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Revised Materials
and choose the right answer.
Part B
Find the meaning of the words.
c. Your Focus
• Make a sentence using the
preposition provided and discuss it.
• Listen and repeat after the
teacher about asking for and giving information
expressions. •
Let’s Practice
Work in a group of three.
Find information from
their friends.
Present it in front of the class.
d. What have You Learnt Today?
Write down their review of today’s lesson.
and choose the right answer.
Part B
Find the meaning of the words.
c. Your Focus
• Listen and repeat after the
teacher about asking for and giving information
expressions. •
Let’s Practice
Work in a group of three.
Find information from
their friends.
Present it in front of the class.
d. What have You Learnt Today?
Write down their review of today’s lesson.
Unit IV
Be Grateful
Expressing Gratitude and Apology
a. Warming Up
• Answer and discuss the
warming up questions
b. Your Turn
•
Task 1
Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
•
Task 2
Listen to the expressions and choose the right response.
c. Your Focus
• Listen and repeat after the
teacher about expressions of gratitude.
• Listen to the recording and
complete the dialogues. •
Listen and repeat after the teacher about expressions of
apology. •
Discuss the question. •
Let’s Practice
Work in a group of two.
Make a conversation using the situations
Be Grateful
Expressing Gratitude and Apology
a. Warming Up
• Answer and discuss the
warming up questions
b. Your Turn
•
Task 1
Listen to the expressions and choose the right response.
•
Task 2
Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
c. Your Focus
• Listen and repeat after the
teacher about expressions of gratitude.
• Listen to the recording and
complete the dialogues. •
Listen and repeat after the teacher about expressions of
apology. •
Discuss the question. •
Let’s Practice
Work in a group of two.
Make a conversation using the situations
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Revised Materials
provided.
Present it in front of the class.
d. What have You Learnt Today?
Write down their review of today’s lesson.
provided.
Present it in front of the class.
d. What have You Learnt Today?
Write down their review of today’s lesson.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter presents the conclusions of the study and the recommendations. The conclusions part discuss the problem stated in the research
problem and conclude all the findings in the study. The recommendation part presents the suggestions for the English teachers of SMPN 2 Yogyakarta and other
researchers.
A. Conclusions
The aim of this study was to develop the appropriate English listening materials using task-based language teaching for the seventh grade students of the
first semester of SMPN 2 Yogyakarta. This study answered to one research problem: what are the designed materials using task-based language teaching for
the seventh grade students of the first semester of SMPN 2 Yogyakarta like? In designing the listening materials, the writer adapted Kemp’s design
which suited to R D method. The design of the materials was developed based on students’ characteristics and theories related to this study. The writer
developed the materials based on the basic competences which were stated as goals from the current curriculum which is School-Based Curriculum 2006.
After being evaluated by the experts in preliminary field testing and being revised by the writer, there were four units to be presented in final version. Each
unit required 2x40 minutes. The four units that were developed were Unit 1
