Description of Target Needs
d. 15 words
Corpus data of vocabulary in Unit 1 are ….
1 boundary 24
70.59 2 differ
11 32.35
3 displaced 25
73.52 4 displacement
27 79.41
5 equilibrium 21
61.76 6 forth
27 79.41
7 generalization 15
44.11 8 independent
5 14.70
9 oscillate 27
79.41 10 perpendicular
18 52.94
11 propagate 21
61.76 12 propagation
24 70.59
13 regard 22
64.70 14 satisfied
18 61.76
15 vanish 26
76.47
Corpus data of vocabulary in Unit 2 are ….
16 adjacent 27
79.41 17 coincide
23 67.65
18 contain 13
38.23 19 essential
9 26.47
20 excite 28
82.35 21 gap
18 52.94
22 homogeneous 8
23.52 23 interleaved
28 82.35
24 pair 12
35.29 25 thereby
24 70.59
Corpus data of vocabulary in Unit 3 are ….
26 absorbed 18
61.76 27 absorption
20 58.82
28 chiefly 29
85.29 29 density
19 55.89
30 determine 7
20.28 31 determined
7 20.28
32 occupancy 26
76.47 33 occupied
29 85.29
34 occur 21
61.76 35 rarely
20 58.82
36 recoil 30
88.23 37 rigorously
31 91.17
38 suitable 13
38.23
Corpus data of vocabulary in Unit 4 are ….
39 decoupled 31
91.17 40 estimate
19 55.89
41 immersed 28
82.35 42 reduce
14 41.17
43 rest 23
67.65 44 sphere
27 79.41
45 unlike 7
20.28 Table 4.4 above presents the input that desired by the students for
learning vocabulary. There were 70.59 of students who wanted to learn vocabulary about the subject of Fisika Zat Padat, chapter 4. In term of input
length, 52.94 of students preferred to use text with 251 up to 500 words, while ten students wanted to use text with 501-750 words. The amount of vocabulary
learned in each unit that the students wanted was 11 up to 15 words with 47.05. Twelve students wanted to learn six up to ten words in each unit, and the rest
wanted to learn less than six words in each unit. The corpus data of vocabulary obtained from the second questionnaire showed that they wanted to know 45
words. The complete organization of corpus data can be seen on Appendix C.
2 Procedures
Procedures specify what learners will actually do with the input that forms the point of departure for the learning task. Table 4.5. below shows the
result of the questionnaire which was administered to know the desired procedure for vocabulary learning of the students of Physics Education Department
Yogyakarta State University.
Table 4.5. Learning Needs: Procedures
Aspect Question
Item N
Procedures
The approach of learning
vocabulary is ….
a. incidental learning through extensive reading
4 11.76
b. explicit instruction through exercises
28 82.35
c. guessing meaning from context and dictionary
activity 15
44.11
The type of activity for
learning vocabulary is
…. a. analyzing word’s parts
2 5.88
b. finding definition from the dictionary
12 35.30
c. matching the word with its definition
18 52.94
d. finding the meaning translation from the
dictionary 17
50 e. matching the word with its
meaning translation 28
82.35 f. Guessing meaning from
context 14
41.17 g. matching the word with its
pronunciation 19
55.89 h. flash cards
27 4.5
i. matching the word with its image representation
22 j. matching the words with
its synonym and antonym 3
8.82 k. making semantic map
2 5.88
l. crossword puzzle 19
55.89 m. hangman games
5 14.70
n. answering question from the text
5 14.70
o. completing sentences 18
52.94 It can be seen that 82.35 of students wanted to learn vocabulary
through explicit instruction. There were fifteen students who wanted to learn
vocabulary through dictionary activity and guessing meaning. Concerning with the activities to learn vocabulary, the students preferred to match the words with
its definition, match the words with its meaning translation, match the words with its pronunciation, flash cards, match the words with its image representation,
use crossword puzzle, and complete sentences.
3 Setting
Setting requires consideration of whether the task is to be carried out wholly or partly outside the classroom. The table below explains the setting of
learning that the students wanted.
Table 4.6. Learning Needs: Setting
Aspect Question
Item N
Setting
The students want to learn
vocabulary ….
a. in the classroom 5
14.70 b. in outside of the classroom but
still in campus 17
50 c. in computer laboratory
4 11.76
d. outside of the campus 28
82.35 Table 4.6. above indicates that most students wanted to learn vocabulary
outside of the classroom. There were twenty eight students that preferred to learn vocabulary outside of the campus while seventeen students want to learn
vocabulary in outside of the classroom but still in campus. Only five students wanted to learn vocabulary in the classroom and four students wanted it in
computer laboratory. In short, students wanted to study English to help them in reading their
textbooks since it was difficult to deal with the unknown vocabularies in the text. They wanted to learn the definition, the meaning, the part of speech, and the
pronunciation of the words. They wanted to learn vocabulary about the subject of