The Effect of Text Types Board for the Learners
45 4.
Sequencing the content 5.
Developing the instructional materials 6.
Conducting the formative evaluation 7.
Revising the instructional materials In designing the Text Types Board, the researcher identified the learner
s’ needs by analyzing the questionnaires given to the learners. After identifying the
learners ’ needs, the next step was identifying the learners’ needs and brought it
into the context. Thus, the researcher gave them a test about the basic knowledge about text types in English. The researcher asked them to mention the purposes
and the general classifications of several text types in English. From that activity, the researcher knew their problem regarding text types in English.
After knowing the learner s’ needs and the context, the researcher
formulated the instructional goals. Then, the contents were sequenced based on the materials that the learners needed to learn. The researcher did not include
other text types in English that was not thought for junior high school. Therefore, the learning media will be useful for the learners.
In order to answer the second question stated in research problems, the researcher presented a learning media called Text Types Board which consists of
four columns. The columns are as follows: 1.
Text Types 2.
Purpose 3.
General Classification 4.
Example of the Text PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
46 The researcher wanted to know whether the Text Types Board functioned
well or not. The researcher gave some exercises about text types during the students’ learning process. Then, the researcher provided the learning media in the
classroom and asked the students to use the learning media if they needed it. According to the questionnaire and the observation, the result was showed that the
learning media called Text Types Board was needed by the learners. They also understood how to use it as a source of learning to help them finish the exercise.
The conclusion about this research is the researcher learns something about the design. The combination of effort and goodwill become color of the
journey when designing this learning media. Both of them become the researcher
’s spirit to finish this research. Efforts never betray the result. This learning media has successfully given positive effect for the students.Students
said that the availability of the Text Types Board really helps them solve the problem about English texts. The results of the questionnaire agree that high
percentage proves that Text Types Board is needed by students. This learning media also got 3.90 when passing formative evaluation stage. It proves that Text
Types Board has ready to become a learning media for students especially in junior high school.