The results of the survey can be concluded through four points of agreement to ach statement as illustrated in the table below.
Table 3.2: Points of Agreements in the Closed Form Questionnaire Points of agreement
Scores
Strongly disagree 1
Disagree 2 Agree 3
Strongly agree 4
According to Best 1970: 225, central tendency measurement deals with series of characteristics or scores. The points to be discussed in central tendency
are Mean, Median and Mode. The mean or arithmetic average is the average found by adding and dividing it by number of cases.
It also can be formulated as follows: ΣX
M = N
Notes: M =
Mean Σ
= Sigma Sum of X =
Scores N
= Number of Scores In this study, Mean Mn is a statistic that is used to find the tendency. The
following table presents them clearly.
Table 3.3: The Descriptive Statistics of the Participants’ Opinions
Notes: N
= Number of Scores Mn
= Mean
G. Research Procedure
The writer conducts seven steps in completing this study: 1.
Conducting library study First, the writer studied the relevant theories and literatures. Since the
curriculum which based on this study is School Based Curriculum SBC, the writer learned the theories and principles about SBC, which was already discussed
in Chapter II. Other theories which will be used in this study are books about theories of descriptive writing, curriculum development, educational research and
development, language learning assessment, approach, method and technique and instructional design.
2. Conducting needs survey
It was conducted through observations, questionnaires, and interviews. The interviews conducted once for the two English teachers of SMPN 1
No Statements Central Tendency
N Mn
Kalikotes. The questionnaires were done by the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Kalikotes.
3. Developing English writing materials
The designed materials were developed based on the need analysis. 4.
Evaluating the designed materials The writer distributed the design materials and questionnaires to an
English lecturer of Sanata Dharma University, an English instructor of Speak First English course, and three English teachers to gather evaluations, criticism, and
suggestions. 5.
Revising material The design materials needed some revisions, improvements and
reconstructions based on the evaluation from the questionnaires from the evaluators.
