50 Every unit consists of three sections, namely: Warming Up, Your Tasks,
and Language Focus. The three sections are adapted from the Task-based Learning framework. The description of each section is presented below.
1. Warming Up Warming up is the opening activity. It is the pre-task activity which leads
students to the main topic. The aim is not only to introduce the topic that the students will learn, but also to activate their background knowledge related to the
topic. Each unit has different warming up activity. However, most of them are about to identify pictures.
2. Your Tasks Your Tasks is the main activity of every unit. This section consists of tasks
and activities which should be done by the students. The tasks are dealt with reading texts. Students are given texts which should be read, and then they do the
reading comprehension and other exercises. There are various kinds of exercise, such as „True or False‟, matching sentences or words, arranging jumbled pictures
or paragraphs, etc. 3. Language Focus
This is the last section of every unit. It contains the language features which are related to the topic they have learnt. This section consists of two parts.
The first is the explanation of the language features and the second one is exercises. There are various kinds of exercises, such as filling in the blanks and
making sentences.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter consists of two major parts. The first part draws the conclusions of this study, while the second part presents the suggestions for
English teacher and other researchers.
A. Conclusions
This study was about designing a set of supplementary reading materials using task-based learning for the ninth grade students of SMP Joannes Bosco.
There are two problems involved in this study. The first problem was how a set of supplementary reading materials using task-based learning for the ninth grade
students of SMP Joannes Bosco is designed. The second question was what a set of supplementary reading materials using task-based learning for the ninth grade
students of SMP Joannes Bosco looks like. This research was conducted based on RD cycle. In order to answer the
first research problem, the writer adapted and combined the Kemp’s and Yalden’s
instructional model design to design the materials. There were seven steps conducted in this study. They were 1 conducting needs survey, 2 formulating
goals, topics and general purposes, 3 formulating learning objectives, 4 selecting subject content, 5 selecting teaching learning activities and materials,
6 evaluating a set of supplementary reading materials using task-based learning, 7 revising a set of supplementary reading materials using task-based learning.
52 In this study, the data was gathered by conducting needs survey as the pre-
design survey. The data gathered was used to develop the supplementary reading materials. Having finished developing the designed materials, the writer requested
an English teacher and an English lecturer to give feedback, comments, and suggestions for the improvement of the designed materials. Based on the result of
the preliminary field testing, it can be concluded that the materials were well- elaborated. However, they needed revisions for improvement. Therefore, the
writer made some revision based on the suggestion given by the respondents of the preliminary field-testing.
To answer the second research problem, the writer developed and presented the final revision of the designed materials. The designed materials
consist of six units. They are Let’s Play Together, It’s so Delicious, What a
Beautiful Beach, Indonesian Heritage, Long Time Ago, and Once Upon a Time.
Each unit was developed based on the Task-based Learning framework, which consisted of three sections. They are Warming Up, Your Task, and Language
Focus. As the designed materials use task-based learning, the activities enable students to work individually, in pairs, or in groups.
Hopefully, the materials can encourage students to develop their reading skills and also help teacher enrich and vary the materials.
B. Suggestions
In this section, the writer would like to give some suggestions to the English teacher of SMP Joannes Bosco and other researchers.
