statements about grammar learning which are supplied with points of agreements to be chosen by the participants, while open questionnaire
provided some spaces to be filled by them related to their further opinions or suggestions about grammar learning. The questionnaire was also distributed to
the materials evaluators to collect data about their opinions and evaluations to the designed grammar materials.
2. Interview
Seliger and Shahomy 1986: 166 suggested that an interview was conducted to obtain information by talking to the subject. In this study, the
interview was conducted to two English teachers of 11
th
grade of SMAN 1 Depok, Yogyakarta. One English teacher handled the science program class
and the other handled the social program class. This interview was to find out further information about students’ needs in learning English grammar from
teachers’ point of views.
D. Data Gathering Technique
In gathering data about students’ need and interest, the writer distributed questionnaire to the 11
th
grade students of SMAN 1 Depok, Yogyakarta. The questionnaire’s content involved:
1 Students’ interest and difficulty in learning English
2 Students’ interest and difficulty in learning English grammar
3 Students’ understanding of English grammar
4 Students’ preferable activity and media in learning English grammar
5 The implementation of School-based Curriculum
The distribution of the questionnaire was done on October 27, 2009 in XI IPS 1 and XI IPA 1 classes.
To find out about students’ need, characteristics and class situation during the lesson, the writer conducted an interview to two English teachers
who handled Science and Social Program classes of 11
th
grade. The writer held the interview on October 27, 2009 at the first break time and on October
30, 2009 at the second break time. Both interviews were conducted in the library.
To collect data on evaluators’ opinions and suggestions in evaluating the design materials, the writer provided closed and open questionnaires.
Those evaluators consisted of three English teachers, an English lecturer, and an English instructor. The questionnaires were distributed on January 2, 2010.
The writer collected these questionnaires two weeks after on January 15, 2010. The data from these questionnaires would guide the writer to have final
revision of the designed grammar materials.
E. Data Analysis Technique
Since this study is a descriptive research, the writer made a description of the data by analyzing the questionnaires and interviews results. Through the
questionnaire, the writer wanted to measure the tendency of the respondents’ opinion. To find the central tendency of those, the writer provided the
questionnaire with four points of measurement to see respondents’ agreement on the statements given. Those points are presented in Table 3.1.
Table 3.1: Questionnaire’s Points of Measurement
Points of Measurement Level Agreement
1 Strongly Disagree
2 Disagree 3 Agree
4 Strongly Agree
According to Best 1970: 225, central tendency measurement deals with series of characteristics or scores. There are three indicators for
measuring central tendency; they are Mean, Median and Mode. Mean is the arithmetic average and is obtained by accounting, Median is mid-point of the
ordered scores, and Mode is the most frequently occurring score. Following is the formula for computing Mean
M = ∑X
N
Where : M = Mean of the Scores
∑ = Sigma Sum of X = Scores
N = Number of Scores based on the number of respondents PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Then, the data were presented in a central tendency table which consists of Statements, Points of Agreement and Mean.
Table 3.2: Table of Central Tendency
Points of Agreement No Statements
1 2 3 4 Central Tendency
Mean
F. Research Procedure
