Research Setting Research Subjects
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was assigned in this research. The samples were two different classes of Grade VII students, namely VII-E and VII-F. Meanwhile, the rating scale of
the expert judgment used a rubric rating scale form to evaluate the first draft materials of the product.
1. Needs Analysis Questionnaire
The needs analysis questionnaires were distributed to all students in VII-E and VII-F of SMP Negeri 15 Yogyakarta. The questionnaires were
composed of fifteen multiple choice questions which were designed to figure out the students’ need in terms of reading comprehension. The questionnaire
consisted of questions which were related to the use of storybooks as media in learning the reading skill of English. Each student was given a full right to
answer every question in the questionnaire which was best represented their true feelings according to the provided choices. The detailed organization of
the needs analysis questionnaire is presented in Table 2.
Table 2: The Organization of Needs Analysis Questionnaires for Students. No
Aspect of the Question
Items Number
Purpose of the Question
References
1. Students’
personal identity Part A
to find out the information about the
students’ profile Graves 2000:
103
2. Goals
1, 2, 3 to find out reasons for
learning English and the reading skill
Graves 2000: 103
Nunan 2004: 41
3. Lacks
4, 5 to find out gap between
students’ current proficiency and target
Hutchinson Waters 1987:
56
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proficiency 4.
Wants 6
to find out students’
desire related to the materials
Hutchinson Waters 1987:
56
5. Input
7, 8 to find out students’
preference for the types of input in learning
English and the reading skill
Nunan 2004: 47
6. Themes or
Topics 9
to find out students’ preference on the
themes and topics related to the materials
Nunan 2004
7. Materials
10 to find out the
appropriateness of the content, language, and
presentation in the materials
Richards 2001: 273
8. Procedures
11 to find out learning
activities that students like most
Nunan 2004: 52
9. Setting
12 to find out setting of
doing tasks that students like most
Nunan 2004: 71
10. Learning media 13
to find out preference learning media to the
reading skill Ellis and
Brewster 2002: 186
11. Teacher’s role
14 to find out information
about the role that the teacher should perform
Nunan 2004: 64
12. Learner’s role
15 to find out the role of
the students Nunan 2004:
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