and 4 teachers. There were 23 children in class A and 13 children in class B the children age range was from 4 to 6 years old. In this study, the participants were
the children in class B.
E. Data Collection Techniques and Research Instrument
1. Data Collection Techniques
The data in this research was collected in two separated time. The data of the learners’ needs and characteristics were first collected as a base to develop the
materials. After that the researcher did the second data collection. It was done during the implementation of the materials. The second data was used to revise
the developed materials. 2.
Research Instrument The instruments need to gather the data were interview guidelines and
questionnaire. 1
Interview guidelines The researcher had a series of interviews with the teachers, parents and the
students. The first interviews were used in getting the need analysis to obtain data about learners’ profile, their needs and preferences. Then, during the
implementation of the materials, the researcher also still had a series of interviews with the students, parents and the teachers to evaluate the materials. The
interviews guided the researcher to decide whether the English teaching materials for English Day was suitable or not for them.
2 Questionnaires
The next step, the questionnaires were also used. In this step, the questionnaires were used in getting the experts’ judgments. It was meant to get
their general opinions about the first draft of the materials whether they were suitable for the students or not. The questionnaires were in the form of a Likert
Scale. It consisted of target. Respondents were asked to indicate the extent to which they agree or disagree with the items by making e. g giving x or 9 one
of the responses arranging from strongly disagree Dornyei, 2003: 45. Finally, the organization is shown in Table 1 and the content coverage of the
questionnaires can be seen in Appendix B.
No. Question
Number The Question’s Purpose
References
1. 1-6
To find information concerning the relation among the materials, the
curriculum and syllabus, and the learning objectives.
Brewster, Ellis, and Girard
2002 Nunan 1989
2. 7-16
To find information concerning the activities of the developed
materials Nunan 1989
3. 17-22
To find information concerning the inputs of the developed materials
Pinter 2009 Nunan 1989
4. 23-24
To find information concerning the setting of tasks
Nunan 1989
5. 25-27
To find information concerning the Nunan 1989
