The result of the data would be converted to describe analysis in terms of its goodness proposed by Suharto 2005: 52-53. The indicator to measure is the
mean x. The mean were calculated by using the formula of the data conversion below:
Mn = mean
∑ = number of scores = number of cases
Based on the calculation, it is presented as follows:
Table 7 Data Conversion Table Suharto 2005 No.
Scale Range Category
1. 2.
3. 4.
1 ≤ x ≤ 1.74 1.75 ≤ x ≤ 2.49
2.5 ≤ x ≤ 3.24 3.25 ≤ x ≤ 4
Poor Fair
Good Very Good
Mn =
∑ �� �
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the findings of the research. The findings consist of the result of the needs analysis, the course grid, the developed materials and the
expert judgment. A discussion is also presented in this chapter.
A. Research Findings
1. The Result of Needs Analysis
a. The Description of the Students
The respondents of the needs analysis of this research were students of the eighth grade of SMP N 3 Tempel. The respondents consisted of 88 students. The
age of the respondents was around 13-15 years old. The description of the respondents is presented in the following table.
Table 8: The Respondents of Needs Analysis Number of
Respondent Sex
Age Male
Female
88 43
45 13-15
b. Students’ Opinions of Writing
Based on the questionnaires, there are three main points included the targets’ opinions of writing; they are the difficulties of writing, the importance of writing
and the frequency of students’ writing. The descriptions of the students’ opinions are presented in the following table.
Table 9: Students’ Opinions of Writing
Questions Opinions
Percentage
In my opinion, writing a text in English is an
activity that.... Very easy to do
1.1 Easy to do
20.2 Quite easy to do
28.4
Hard to do 53.4
Very hard to do 6.8
In my opinion, writing is......
Very important 33
Important 42
Quite important 25
Not important I ......... write an English
text Always
1.1 Often
11.4
Sometimes 72.7
Never 14.8
From the Table 9, it can be seen that the students’ opinions of writing is divided into three points. First, it was the difficulties of writing. More than half of
the students stated that writing was difficult to do. Further 6,8 of the students stated that writing was very difficult to do. They said that it was difficult because
they had to deal with grammar, vocabulary, coherence and others. They also said that they got problems in developing their idea in writing a text. There were
10.2 of the students stated that writing was easy to do. The rest of students stated that writing was quite easy to do. Only one student stated that writing was
very easy to do. To sum up, the students still found some problems to do writing activity.
Second, it was students’ opinion about the importance of writing. There were 33 of the students stated that writing was very important, 42 of them told
writing was important and the rest of the students stated that it was quite important. It means that students already realized the importance of writing.
