teaching field. It was hoped through preliminary testing, the writer could gain criticisms and suggestions that led to changes and improvements of the
preliminary materials. b. Product Revision
The final step was product revision which aimed at revising and making improvement of the designed materials based on the feedback
obtained. Product revision was needed to determine whether the materials have been complete and met the objectives to be achieved.
B. Research Respondents
In this study, the writer would divide the respondents as follows. 1. Respondents in Research and Information Collecting
The respondents of this step were they who were needed for gaining information and data needed for the need analysis. The respondents were the
English teacher and the seventh graders of SMP BOPKRI 2 YOGYAKARTA. The writer expected valuable information and input from the teacher especially
about the students’ characteristics and the students’ needs. 2. Respondents in Preliminary Testing
The respondents of Preliminary Testing were the English teacher of SMP BOPKRI 2 YOGYAKARTA and the lecturers of English Language Education
Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. The respondents were asked to judge whether the proposed materials for seven graders of SMP BOPKRI 2
YOGYAKARTA were appropriate or not. It was hoped that the writer would
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obtain feedback, evaluation and comment on the designed materials which would help the writer in making revision and improvement on the materials.
C. Research Instruments
In order to obtain data and information, the needs’ analysis, feedback and effects of the designed supplementary materials, the writer needed some
instruments. The instruments used are presented as follows. 1. Instrument for research and information collecting
In order to obtain data and information of needs’ analysis, the writer conducted interview. Interview is one kind of qualitative researches that involves
the collection data through direct verbal interaction between individuals. Ary et al 2002:434 states, “interview provides insight on participants’ perspectives, the
meaning of events for the people involved, information about the site, and perhaps information on unanticipated issues. It allows immediate follow-up and
clarification of participants’ responses”. There are there common types of interview namely, structured interview, semi-structured interview and
unstructured interview Borg, 1963:222. In this study, the writer used semi-structured interview in which the writer
had prepared the questions, but there were still any possibilities to ask other questions which came immediately during the interview. During the interview, the
writer made some field notes which would provide deeper information. The interview was conducted to seventh graders English teacher of SMP BOPKRI 2
YOGYAKARTA. The teacher was asked to respond some questions concerning
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the learners’ characteristics, teaching learning activities, materials and curriculum
used that would be useful to design and develop the materials. In order to obtain data and information of needs’ analysis, the writer also
distributed questionnaires. According to Ary et al, there are two types of questionnaires: structured or close and unstructured or open questionnaires
2002:175. In the structured questionnaires, the questions has been structurally ordered with options which should be chosen by the respondents as the alternative
answer, while in the unstructured questionnaires, the respondents are free to answer the questions by their own words.
In this study, the writer used the structured questionnaires in which the participants should choose one of the alternative answers provided. The
questionnaires were conducted for the seventh graders of SMP BOPKRI 2 YOGYAKARTA. The students were asked to answer some questions concerning
the materials they mostly liked and teaching learning activities. 2. Instrument for preliminary testing
In order to gain data or information of the feedback from English teachers of SMP BOPKRI 2 YOGYAKARTA and English lecturers of Sanata Dharma
University of the designed materials, the writer used questionnaire. The writer employed questionnaire which consisted of two parts. In the first part, the
respondents were expected to answer questions by choosing one of the options provided while in the second part the respondents were expected to answer
questions in their own words. It was used to give freedom to the respondents in
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answering the questions. The questionnaire was delivered in English since the teacher and lecturers had already had sufficient knowledge of the use of English.
D. Data Gathering Technique
