44 feedback proposed by the respondents to make the final version of the designed
materials.
B. The Results of the Surveys
The writer conducted two kinds of survey in this research. The first was the needs survey in order to find the students’ needs, lacks, interest, and learning
styles. The second was the survey on the designed materials in order to obtain the evaluations and feedback on the designed materials. The results of the needs
survey and the survey on the designed materials are presented as follows.
1. The Results of the Needs Survey
To find out the students’ needs, lacks, interest, and learning styles in learning English writing skill, the writer conducted a needs survey. It was done by
distributing a questionnaire and conducting an informal interview. The questionnaire was distributed to the 53 students of the second grade students of
SMK BOPKRI I Yogyakarta on 17
th
and 21
st
May 2007. Moreover, the informal interview was conducted with the English teachers of SMK BOPKRI I Yogyakarta
on 28
th
May 2007. It was to obtain additional data of the students’ needs, lacks, interest, and learning styles in learning English writing skill.
a. The Results of the Questionnaire
There were twelve questions in the questionnaire that should be answered by the second grade students of SMK BOPKRI I Yogyakarta as the respondents.
The students gave their answer by crossing the choices based on their opinions. After that, the writer analyzed the data from the questionnaire. The data were
calculated using percentage method. The detailed results of the questionnaire are PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
45 presented in Appendix G but the general results are as follows.
In the first question, the students were asked “Generally, do you like writing? ” Forty five 84.9 students answered “yes” and only eight 15.1
students answered “no”. It meant that generally they had interest in writing and it was a good starting point for them to develop their writing skill. Writing is an
interesting skill to develop. Concerning question 2, whether they liked writing in English or not, thirty two students 60.4 said “yes” and twenty one students
39.6 said “no”. It showed tha t they liked writing in English. Question 3 was “How often do you write in English? ” Most of the students;
i.e., thirty four students 64.2, said that they only wrote in English in English class. The writer concluded that they only wrote when the teacher asked or
assigned them to write. Question 4 asked about the difficulties they usually faced when they were writing in English. Thirty six 67.9 students mentioned that the
difficulty they faced was lack of vocabulary. Twenty four students 45.3 found difficulty in writing words correctly and thirty eight students 71.7 found
difficulty in arranging words into good sentences. Moreover, nine students 17 said that they had no idea when they were asked to write.
Related to question 4, in question 5 the students were asked whether the y needed to improve their writing skill. Almost all of the students; i.e., fifty two
students 98.1, stated that they needed to improve their writing skills and only one student 1.9 said no. The writer concluded that they realized the
importance of writing skill. Concerning question 6 “How do you develop your writing skill?”, thirty seven students 69.8 said that they should read a lot,
twenty seven students 50.9 answered that they needed to practice writing PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
46 personally, and twenty four students 45.3 preferred to practice writing in
group. The writer concluded that they needed many exploration and tasks to develop their writing skill.
In the seventh question, the writer wanted to know whether the exercises or tasks given in the class were able to develop their writing skill. Fifty two students
98.1 answered “yes” and only one student 1.9 answered “no”. Moreover, question 8 asked their opinion “Can tasks develop your writing skill?” and the
result was that 49 students 92.5 agreed that tasks could develop their writing skill but four students 7.5 did not agree. Then, question 9 asked their opinion
whether listening, speaking, and reading in English class helped them in developing their writing skill. Fifty students 94.3 said “yes” and three students
5.7 said “no”. From those three questions, it was concluded that tasks and the other three skills were helpful in developing the students’ writing skill.
In question 10, the students were to choose opening activity they wanted in writing class. Thirty four students 64.2 chose games, twenty eight students
52.8 chose reading, and sixteen students 16 chose listening. Then, in question 11 the students were to choose writing activity they like. Thirty four
students 64.2 chose making dialogue, 21 students 39.6 chose ordering sentenceswords puzzle, crosswords, and nineteen students 35.8 chose
writing personal experiencesdiary. In addition, for the last question, the writer asked about the media they wanted to use in writing class. Forty one students
77.4 wanted TVradiotape recorder, 29 students 54.7 wanted picture, and 27 students 50.9 wanted magazinenewspaper as the media in writing class.
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b. The Results of the Informal Interview
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