28 i.e., research and information collecting. It was aimed to find out the students’
needs, lacks, interest, and learning styles in learning English writing skill. In gathering the data, a questionnaire and an informal interview were used. The
writer distributed the questionnaire to the second grade students of SMK BOPKRI I Yogyakarta. After distributing the questionnaire, the informal interview was
conducted to the English teachers of SMK BOPKRI I Yogyakarta. It was intended to enrich the data from the questionnaire.
2. Survey on the Designed Materials
Survey on the designed materials was conducted after the materials were designed; hence it was called post-design survey.
It was in accordance with step 4 of R D cycle preliminary field testing as stated before. It was aimed to obtain
the evaluations and feedback on the designed materials. In this post-design survey, a questionnaire was used. The questio nnaire was distributed to English
teachers of SMK BOPKRI I Yogyakarta and some lecturers of the English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University.
B. Research Participants
In this section, the writer describes the respondents of the needs survey and those of the survey on the designed materials.
1. Respondents of the Needs Survey
In designing the materials, the students’ needs, lacks, interest, and learning styles are important things to be considered in the research. The writer distributed
the questionnaire to the second grade students of SMK BOPKRI I Yogyakarta to PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
29 know their needs, lacks, interest, and learning styles. The samples were
Accounting 2 AK class and Office Administration 2 AP class. The total number of the students was 53. The classes were chosen as the samples since the
students had enough experience in learning English and understood their needs, lacks, interest, and learning styles. Moreover, to enrich the data about the
students’ needs, lacks, interest, and learning styles, the writer conducted an informal interview with two English teachers of SMK BOPKRI I Yogyakarta. The
English teachers were chosen as the respondents because they knew the students’ needs and the teaching- learning process in the class.
2. Respondents of the Survey on the Designed Materials
To evaluate the designed materials and to obtain the feedback of the designed materials, the writer distributed the questionnaire and the designed
materials to two English teachers of SMK BOPKRI I Yogyakarta and three lecturers of the English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma
University. The English teachers were chosen as the respondents because they had experiences in dealing with the students so that they understood the students’
needs and characteristics. They also had experiences in designing and implementing materials. Besides, three lecturers were cho sen as the respondents
as they knew well the theory of designing materials and taught some subjects related to designing materials; they were writing, instructional design, language
teaching strategy, and language teaching methodology. The respondents were asked to evaluate whether the designed materials were suitable to the students’
needs or not and to give feedback on the designed materials. The description of PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
30 the respondents of this survey is presented in Table 3.1.
Table 3.1 Respondents of the Survey on the Designed Materials
Educational Background
Teaching Experience in year
Group of Respondents
D3 S1
S2 1-5
6-10 11-15
16-20 21-25
=26
English Teachers
- 1
1 -
- -
- 1
1 English
Lecturers -
- 3
- 1
1 1
- -
C. Research Instruments
