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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

This chapter comprises the result and discussion of the findings of the research conducted to evaluate the designed materials. The first part is the steps involved in designing a set of materials. The second part is the result of the preliminary field testing to evaluate the designed set of materials. The third part deals with the discussion on the designed set of materials evaluation and the fourth part contains the presentation of the designed set of instructional materials.

A. Elaboration of the Steps Involved in Designing a Set of Materials and Evaluation Instruments

To answer the first question in the problem formulation, the writer conducted several steps to design the instructional materials. There were eight steps involved in designing the materials. The elaboration of these steps are:

1. Conducting Needs Survey

In order to have a clear definition of the characteristics and needs of mathematics teachers of the seventh grade of Junior High School, the writer distributed questionnaires of research and information collecting to the mathematics teachers of SMP N 1 Bantul and SMP N 3 Sleman. In total there are 6 participants in this study. The data produced by the research and information collecting are presented in the table below, followed by a brief explanation of the result. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 59 Table 4.1: The Results of Questionnaires No Questions and Options Number of participants Percentage 1. Why do you want to learn English? a. I want to be able to communicate with students and colleagues at school in English well. b. It is my work demandschool’s duty. 6 6 100 100 2. Is English important for you related to your job? a. very important b. important c. less important d. not important 4 2 66.67 33.33 3. Have you ever taken an English course before? a. Yes b. No 6 100 4. If yes, what course have you joined? a. General English class b. ESPBilingual Preparation Program c. Conversation 6 1 100 16.67 5. In what level did you last join the English course? a. beginner b. intermediate c. advanced 6 100 6. What have you mostly learnt in mastering English? a. grammar b. vocabulary c. speaking d. listening e. reading f. writing 6 6 2 1 6 2 100 100 33.33 16.67 100 33.33 7. What are your difficulties in speaking? a. I am worried about making mistakes. b. It’s difficult for me to express myself. c. I am lack of vocabulary d. others: ________________ 5 6 6 83.33 100 100 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI