Research Procedure 1. Research and Information Collecting

39 the students’ characteristic, needs, and help students to overcome their difficulties in learning English. a. The results of questionnaires for the English teachers The writer distributed the questionnaires to two English teachers of SMP N 2 Yogyakarta. All of them are the teachers of eight grade students. The questionnaire was distributed on 27 th march, 2013. The data would be used as the basic in designing English listening materials. The descriptive statistics of the result of the questionnaire for the English teachers part 1 would be presented on table next page: 40 Table 4.1. Result of Questionnaire for English teachers part 1 Frequency of the Central tendency degree of agreement No Participants’ statement on… 1 2 4 5 N Mn Mdn Md 1. I do not get difficulties in 2 2 2 2 2 delivering listening materials. 2. I have many material references 1 1 2 2.5 2.5 - to teach listening. 3. I have many kinds of teaching 1 1 2 1.5 1.5 - media CD, cassette, video, books, etc that support teaching listening activities. 4. I have my own technique to 1 1 2 3 3 - deliver listening materials. 5. I teach English with integrating 2 2 4 4 4 several abilities in one activity. For example, teaching speaking, listening, and writing in one meeting. 6. I often utilize media which can 2 2 4 4 4 support listening activities. 7. My students are active when they 2 2 4 4 4 are following listening activities. 8. My students get difficulties in 1 1 2 4.5 4.5 - accepting and comprehending listening materials 9. My students feel afraid when I 1 1 2 3 3 - am delivering listening materials 10. My students have big interest and 2 2 4 4 4 enthusiasm in following listening activities Note: N : Number of participants Mdn : Median Mn : Mean Md : Mode The table above represented the teachers’ opinion in teaching listening and the grade eight students’ characteristics when they were in the listening activities. The statements number 1-6 presented the teachers’ opinion in teaching listening. 41 The data showed that teachers still got difficulties in teaching listening. One of the reasons of getting difficulties was the limitation of media. One teacher also said that she did not have enough materials references to teach listening. The teachers usually had their own technique to teach listening. They also usually integrated listening with other skills such as writing, speaking, and reading in one meeting. Statements number 7-10 were related to the s tudents’ characteristics. All the teachers agreed that students were active in class activities. They had big interest and enthusiasm in doing listening activities. In listening activities, students usually got difficulties in accepting and comprehending listening materials. It could be one of the reasons that made students feel afraid when the teachers were delivering listening materials. The descriptive statistics of the result of the questionnaires for the English teachers part 2 would be presented on table next page: