Research Participants RESEARCH METHOD

Table 4: Questionnaire Organization for Materials Evaluation Aspects Section The Purpose of the Question Referen- ces Material Appropriateness A. Materials Appropriateness To find out whether materials are in accordance with the relevant documents the curriculum, the course grid, and the needs analysis result BSNP 2007 B. Materials Depth To find out whether materials provide sufficient information or not. C. Materials Accuracy To find out whether materials will help students to achieve their learning goal or not. D. Materials Novelty To find out whether the contents were taken from sources relevant to the topic. Linguistic Appropriateness A. Appropriateness with the Students’ Ability To find out whether the instruction used in the materials use language appropriate to the students’ cognitive development. BSNP 2007 B. Communicative Aspects To find out whether the instruction used in the materials is comprehensible and not ambiguous. C. Materials Accuracy To find out whether the language used in the materials is grammatically correct or not. D. Materials Unity and Harmony To find out whether the language used in the materials is cohesive and coherent or not. Method Appropriateness A. Presentation Technique To find out whether the tasks are sequenced appropriately or not. BSNP 2007 B. Lesson Presentation To find out whether the materials facilitate the students to achieve the learning goals or not. Aspects Section The Purpose of the Question Referen- ces Presentation Appropriateness A. Contents Layout To find out whether the illustrations and graphic design in the materials are visually interesting or not. BSNP 2007 B. Contents Illustration To find out whether the illustrations and graphic design in the materials are aesthetically functional or not. C. Materials Typography To find out whether the materials use the right number of font variation bold, italic, underline,capitalization

E. Data Collection Technique

In developing English materials for particular study program, there were two types of information which should be obtained. The first was on the students’ needs and the second was data for the evaluation of the materials, both of which were obtained through questionnaires.

F. Data Analysis Technique

The data from the needs analysis and the expert judgment questionnaires were analyzed quantitatively through descriptive statistics. The data from the needs analysis questionnaire were analyzed by calculating the percentage of each answer in the questionnaire. The answer with the highest percentage was considered to represent students’ actual condition. The percentage was calculated using the following formula. P : percentage N : number of respondents 100 : fixed number f : frequency