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the characteristics of the class, students’ difficulties, and the students’ needs. Furthermore, the researcher also interviewed
two English teachers for class VIII to get more information to help the researcher
in designing the materials.
After the researcher gathered the data from the observation and interview, the researcher continued to design the writing materials. After designing the
materials, especially in the preliminary field testing, the researcher distributed the questionnaires to the one English teacher SMPN 15 Yogyakarta and two lecturers
of English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University.
F. Data Analysis Technique
The interview data that had been collected were translated into written paragraphs. Besides, the questionnaire data were analyzed by using several steps.
Firstly, the researcher recapitulated the data in the table. After that, the researcher calculated for each response. The result was obtained by dividing the number of
students who chose certain answers with the total number of the students. Then, the result was multiplied by 100. The data collected were calculated by using a
formula as follows.
∑n N
× 100
Note: ∑n : the total number of students who chose certain answers.
N : the total number of students.
The researcher made a table which was used to present the result of the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
30 data. After that, the researcher made the interpretation of the result in the form of
paragraph.
Table 3.3 The Result of the Questionnaire Questions
Response Number
Percentage
In analyzing the model of design that had been made, the researcher used Likert scale. It aimed to support the process of modifying the instructional writing
English material using EGRA technique. The researcher gave four options to present the respondent
s’ agreement and disagreement for each statement. The options were presented in Table 3.4.
Table 3.4 Degrees of Agreement
Point of Agreement Meaning
1 Absolutely disagree
2 Disagree
4 Agree
5 Absolutely agree
In calculating the data of this questionnaire, the researcher used descriptive statistics. In this case, the researcher used the questionnaire data to
find the number of case and the mean. The researcher made a table of the central tendency of the respondents on the designed materials.
Table 3.5 The Description of the Evaluation of Design Material Participants
No Respondents’
Opinion Frequency Point of Agreement
Central Tendency
1 2
4 5
N Mn
Best 1970 stated , “the average points are divided from 1 up to 5” p.
179. The interpretations of the average points were presented in Table 3.6. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
