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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter answers the questions stated in the problem formulation. This chapter presents the result and discussion of the steps in designing a set of
supplementary integrated English materials for the seventh grade students of SMP N 2 Sidoharjo Sragen based on the National Curriculum 2006.
A. Learners’ Characteristics
Identifying learners’ characteristics was done first. It is considered as a crucial part in this study because it aims at seeking out students’ capabilities,
needs, opinions and interests related in English subject. Through this step, the writer would be able to measure the learners’ needs. Furthermore, the writer
would make the appropriate plan for the design which is fit to the students’ needs. In gaining the information needed, the writer distributed questionnaires to the
students and interviewed the teachers of SMP N 2 Sidoharjo. The gained data would become the basis of developing the materials. The questionnaires will be
divided and discussed according to what kind of data is needed. The full versions of the questionnaires and the result of the interview are put in the Appendix.
Grade VII in SMP N 2 Sidoharjo Sragen consists of five classes. Those are grade VII A until grade VII E. Researcher only took grade VII A as the sample of
participants. The reason was that their opinions have already demonstrated the students’ opinions about English lesson. There were 37 students of grade VII A,
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which consisted of 10 male and 27 female. The result of the questionnaire will be discussed below.
There were ten questions to be asked. In this part, students choose the answers in which statements were considered fit with their condition. Below is the
result of the questionnaire:
Table 4.1. The Result of the Questionnaire for Learners Characteristics in the Form of Numbers
No. Statement Agree Disagree
Total
1. The students like to learn English
37 37
3. Students’ difficulties in learning English
a. The language is difficult b. Mispronounce
c. The material is difficult d. Other difficult in meaning
e. Other difficult in memorizing 23
30 16
13 29
14 7
21 24
8 37
37 37
37 37
4. The students are active learner
31 6
37 5.
Do they like to express their idea in English?
10 27 37
Table 4.2. The Result of the Questionnaire for Learners Characteristics in the Form of Percentage
No. Statement Agree Disagree
Total
1. The students like to learn English 100
100 3.
Students’ difficulties in learning English f. The language is difficult
g. Mispronounce h. The material is difficult
i. Other difficult in meaning j. Other difficult in memorizing
62 81
43 35
78 38
19 57
65 12
100 100
100 100
100
4. The students are active learner
83 16
100 5.
Do they like to express their idea in English?
27 64 100
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From the results of the questionnaire, the writer found an interesting fact. Though students generally said that English is difficult, they were happy and
interested in following the lesson. Because English is not their mother tongue, students find difficulties in understanding this language. Learning a language,
learners have to accomplish four skills. Those are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In learning these skills, we cannot do it separately. Based on this result,
the writer comes up to one conclusion that learning English can be done effectively in integrated way. That is why, the result of this part will be the base in
designing the integrated materials. Seeing students’ feelings toward English subject, the writer hopes that the integrated materials will help student be more
interested in learning English and be more active in following the lesson. Their feelings, also, would influence their quality in learning.
Although the English subject is well delivered, we can see from statement number 3 that the students could not understand the language. Some students are
difficult to memorize the meaning of the words, and others are difficult to pronounce the words. Therefore, it comes to the conclusion that the more
interesting and fun the materials given, the more interested the student will be in learning this language.
In this study, the writer’s purpose is to design the English supplementary integrated materials based on national curriculum KTSP so that the students will
be more interested and feel fun in learning English subject. The teachers here have an important role in delivering the English materials in integrated way. Teacher
should be able to arouse the four skills that must be achieved by the students.
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Besides distributing questionnaire to the students, interview was done towards two English teachers of SMP N 2 Sidoharjo. Researcher proposed some
question related to the way they teach English and the students’ response to this subject. Teachers said that their students have high motivation in English. Still,
they faced difficulties in delivering the materials because English is not their mother tongue. The main problem that was faced by the students is pronunciation
and vocabulary. Most of the students found difficulties in pronouncing the words, because the way to pronounce is different from writing. Some students also have
the problem to memorize the meaning of the words. In brief, the writer concludes some points of the learners’ characteristics,
based on the result of need survey. Those are: 1. the students are interested in English subject and they are enthusiastic
to learn this language. 2. the students find difficulties in understanding the meaning.
3. the students are quite difficult to deliver their ideas in English. In other words, it means that the students are lack of speaking ability.
4. they also find difficulties in remembering the meaning and how to pronounce the words.
B. Goals, Topics, and General Purposes
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