44 contained the open-ended question. In part A, the close-ended question form
provided lists of questions completing with the choices of possible answers as stated by Fraenkel and Wallen 2009 “Multiple-choice questions allow a
respondent to select his or her answer from a number of options” p. 396. Thus, the participants are able to answer the questions easily by considering the suitable
answers from the choice. In part B, the open-ended questions were used to gain the free comments and suggestions from the evaluators on the designed materials.
It is in accordance with Wiersma 1995 “Open-ended items allow the individual more freedom of response because certain feelings or information may be
revealed that would not be forthcoming with selected-response items” p. 181. Thus, to give the evaluators spaces to freely answers the questions using their own
words, the open-ended questions were given.
2. Interview
The interview was conducted in this study in order to collect deeper answer and additional information from the participants related to the teaching
learning activities as well as the students’ difficulties in listening class. Therefore, the writer intended to interview the two eighth grade English teachers of SMP
Negeri 2 Yogyakarta. The features of questions focused on the teachinglearning activities and the students’ difficulties in listening class. There were fourteen
questions which covered teacher’s teaching experience in listening class, the way of delivering the material, various kinds of teachinglearning activities, as well as
the students’ difficulties in listening class.
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E. Data Analysis Technique
The information obtained from the questionnaire and interview were analyzed in different kind of the data analysis technique. They were 1 data
analysis technique on questionnaire and 2 data analysis technique on interview. The techniques were explained as follows.
1. Data Analysis Technique for Questionnaire
There were two kinds of techniques used to analyze the data from the questionnaire in research and information collection as well as in the preliminary
field testing. First, to analyze the data from the questionnaire in research and information collection, the writer used some phases as proposed by Fraenkel
Wallen 2009, p.404. The writer started the analysis by recapitulating the data and reporting the percentage of total responding for each item of question. Finally,
the presentation of the result on the information gathered from the questionnaire was in the form of percentage. The formula used can be seen as follows.
Note: P = percentage
n = the number of the participants who choose a certain option N = the total number of participants
P = 100
