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has good constructs so that it can be applied to the students. Besides, the researcher discussed the rubric with English teacher to explain and to have an
agreement toward its content. After that, the teacher applied to assess the students‟ speaking performances. The rubric was implemented through trying it out during
the final test of a learning period in the English course. After trying the rubric out, the researcher conducted an interview with the
English teachers involved in the research to gain some information about the rubric design. The information gathered from the teachers then become the
considerations for the researcher to make some revisions to the rubric. 4.
Writing the Final Draft or the Rubric After revising the rubric based on the teachers involved in the research‟s
suggestion, the researcher then wrote the final draft of the rubric.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Research Findings
This chapter presents the research findings which consists of the result of the need analysis, the process of designing the rubric and the field tests of the rubric.
The data found in the need analysis were employed as the preliminary data of this study and were utilized in planning the next stage of the study. This section also
describes the process of desiging an analytical rubric which was used in the preliminary field test, and the field test itself which involved tryout and
implementation of the rubric. The findings of the research are described, analyzed and also discussed.
1. The Result of the Needs Analysis
The first step in this study was conducting the needs analysis. The needs analysis was considered important as it provided inputs for the researcher to
design the rubric. The researcher administered questionnaires of the needs analysis in order to get information related to the speaking assessment. The
questionnaires consisted of two parts, the first p art aimed to know the instructors‟
personal information and the second one aimed to gain the information related to the assessment. The questionnaires were in the form of open ended form to give
freedom to answer based on the instructors‟ view.
