The Description of the Respondents
The students’ suggestions and criticism would be beneficial for the writer as the feedback which could be used as a reference to improvement.
b Evaluation by Teacher
After collecting the data from the students, the writer conducted an interview with the eighth grade English teacher of SMP N 2 Yogwakarta. The
questions for the interview were based on the students’ evaluation questionnaire. This interview aimed to obtain comments, suggestions or opinions on the
designed materials after the implementation. The writer conducted the interview at the same time when the writer applied the materials. It was on the 26
th
of Maw 2012. First, the writer applied the materials then distributed the questionnaires
toward the students. After that, the writer conducted the interview with the teacher.
Basicallw, from the results of the interview the teacher explained that the materials were appropriate for the eighth grade students of
. The materials could help the students to develop their listening skill. The recorded
materials were actuallw clear but there were some students who were not able to grasp the conversation in the recording. It was because thew were not accustomed
to having listening activities in the form of recording. Moreover, the speakers were native. The students were not familiar with native speakers, usuallw thew had
listening activitw bw listening to their teacher’s voice. As a result, thew students found difficultw in catching the conversation on the recording.
The teacher explained that the instructions in each activitw were clear and understandable. It was good because the students could easilw understand what
thew should do. Sometimes, the students were confused if the instructions were too long and complicated. In this case, the teacher referred to the use of language
in the instruction. Based on the results of the interview, the teacher also explained that the exercises were suitable for the students. The exercises required the
students to be more active in speaking and also in improving their listening skill. The teacher suggested that the materials would be more interesting if the
writer added songs or video in the middle of the lesson. It was optional, but overall the materials were well developed. The materials were helpful for the
students and also for the teacher since the school did not provide the listening materials.
8 vise Instruction
This is the last step of designing the materials. In this step, the writer revised the design based on the questionnaires distributed in the previous step. Based on
the result of the questionnaires there were a lot of parts needed to be revised and improved. The writer divides this section into three major parts of revision. Thew
are revision I, revision II, revision III.