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a. Stating Goals and Listing the Topics
After obtaining data in research and information collecting, the writer formulated the goals for designing the English listening materials. The topics for
each unit were also formulated in this step. The topics were developed based on the English syllabus and the current curriculum applied in SMPN 2 Yogyakarta
which is the 2006 School-Based Curriculum. These are the units and topics:
Table 4.2: The Units and the Topics in the Designed Materials Unit
Title Topics
1 Hello, My Friends
Introduction, Greeting, and Leave Taking
2 Open Your Book, Please
Giving Instructions and Prohibitions
3 Everything around Us
Asking for and Giving Information 4
Be Grateful Expressing Gratitude and Apology
In this step, the writer also applied the basic competencies that should be achieved by the students. The basic competencies in every unit in the designed
materials were stated as the goals as well as the term used in the theories. The goals were taken from the current curriculum which is School-Based Curriculum
KTSP 2006. Here is the table of the goals of the units in the designed materials.
Table 4.3: The Basic CompetenciesGoals Unit
Title Goals
1 Hello, My Friends
To respond meaning in transactional and interpersonal
conversation which involves actions and expressions of: greeting
others unknownknown, introducing myselfothers
2 Open Your Book, Please
To respond meaning in transactional and interpersonal
conversation which involves actions and expressions of: giving
instruction and prohibition
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Unit Title
Goals
3 Everything around Us
To respond meaning in transactional and interpersonal
conversation which involves actions and expressions of: asking
for and giving information,
4 Be Grateful
To respond meaning in transactional and interpersonal
conversation which involves actions and expressions of:
thanking, apologizing, and expressing politeness.
b. Stating Learning Objectives
In designing the materials, indicators are very important because these are the goals that the students need to meet in the end of each unit. The indicators in
every unit in the designed materials were stated as the learning objectives as well as the term used in the theories. The learning objectives were listed in order to
specify the basic competency of each unit and also to measure the students’ achievement in every meeting of the learning activities.
Table 4.4: Learning Objectives Unit
Title Learning Objectives
1 Hello, My Friends
At the end of the class students are to be able to: 1.
Identify the expressions of greeting, introducing, and leave takings in the
recording they listen to. 2.
Mention specific information from the recording they listen to.
3. Introduce themselves and others orally.
2 Open Your Book,
Please At the end of the class students are to be able to:
1. Identify the expression of giving instruction
and prohibition. 2.
Mention specific information from the recording they listen to.
3. Give instruction and prohibition orally.
3 Everything around
Us At the end of the class students are to be able to:
1. Identify the expression of asking for and
giving information. 2.
Mention specific information from the
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recording they listen to. 3.
Identify preposition of place accurately. 4.
Respond to someone who asks for information.
5. Ask for and giving information orally.
4 Be Grateful
At the end of the class students are to be able to: 1.
Identify the expression expressing gratitude and apology.
2. Mention specific information from the
recording they listen to. 3.
Respond toward the expression of gratitude and apology.
4. Express gratitude and apology orally.
c. Listing the Subject Content