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students of SMP N 3 Sleman Appendix 3 and also interviewing the English teachers of SMP N 3 Sleman Appendix 2. The findings of the needs survey were
recorded and explained in two sections. They were the data on the questionnaire and the interview.
a. The Data of the Questionnaire
The questionnaire was distrib uted to the first grade students of SMP N 3 Sleman. The questionnaire in this research was a closed form questionnaire, which
means the writer gave the questions together with the options of the answers so that the respondents, in this case the first grade students of SMP N 3 Sleman, could
answer the questions given easily by crossing or circling the provided answers. The advantage of using a closed form questionnaire is to help the writer to analyse the
data easily.
1 The Description of the Respondents
The total needs survey respondents were 120. The data are recorded in Table 4. The writer chose the three classes because based on the interview with the
English teachers of the school, the students’ levels of those three classes were almost the same.
Table 4. Personal Information of the Respondents Class
Number of Students Sex
Female Male
Seven A 40
19 21
Seven B 40
22 18
Seven C 40
25 15
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2 The Description of the Students’ Needs Based on the Questionnaire
The results of the distributed questionnaire showed that there were more than half of the students who chose ‘yes’ answer. It means most of them liked reading.
They also put fables as the first rank for the type of their favourite passages because they thought that the stories were interesting. However, most of them still found
reading an English passage difficult because of their lack of vocabularies. Many students also chose the statement that their teachers had not give n them a reading
passage that they liked. The result also showed that most students liked fables and they would be pleased if their teachers gave them fables to read because they thought
they would have better understanding of the content of the material by using fables. Most of them would also feel enthusiastic if they read fables as the reading passages.
The complete results of the students’ needs analysis can be seen in Appendix 5.
b. The D ata of the Interview
Besides distributing questionnaire to the students, the writer also conducted an interview with the English teachers of SMP N 3 Sleman. The interview was
needed to collect as much information as possible about the students’ needs, the students ’ level of proficiency towards reading, and many others. The interview
conducted was unstructured interview. Therefore, it allowed the teachers to give opinions, reasons, and answers towards the questions given freely.
1 The Description of the Respondents
The total needs survey respondents were four English teachers. The complete data of the respondents is recorded in Table 5.
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Table 5. Personal Information of the Respondents Teacher for
Class Sex
Age Teaching
Experience Educational
Background M F 20
20 1-5 6-10 10 D3 S1
S2
Seven 2
2 2
2 Eight
1 1
1 1
Nine 1
1 1
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2 The Results of the Interview
From the interview with the English teachers, it was found that basically the students liked the reading activity and their proficie ncy toward the reading
subject was not too low. The problem was the uninteresting materials that the teachers gave. Teachers seldom gave them a fable which was actually more
interesting than only a plain text. From the interview, the writer concluded that, generally, the teachers agreed that fables can develop students’ motivation and
interest to read English passages. The results of the interview with the English teachers of SMP N 3 Sleman are presented in Appendix 4.
2. Formulating Goals, Topics and General Purposes
