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dissemination and implementation. However, in this research, the researcher only applied five steps of the Research and Development method. It was because of the
school’s policy about requirement for conducting a research in the school. The headmaster did not permit the researcher to implement the design directly in
which it would disturb the students’ activity in class. However, those five steps did not influence the researcher’s effort to produce a good design of English
reading materials using Contextual Teaching and Learning approach for the eleventh grade students of SMA Pangudi Luhur Yogyakarta.
1. Research and Information Collecting
This step was conducted through two ways. First, the researcher obtained some references and information as the basis of the research. Second, the
researcher did the need analysis. Here, the researcher analysed the teachers’ and the learners’ needs. The researcher distributed a questionnaire to the eleventh
grade students of SMA Pangudi Luhur Yogyakarta in the academic year
20112012. The questionnaire was distributed in the second and third week of July 2011. From the questionnaire, the researcher gathered the data about students’
difficulties, students’ opinion about reading class activity, students’ opinion about reading materials given in school and also students’ opinion about the materials
and topics that they needed or liked. In order to know the teachers’ needs, the researcher did the interview with the English teachers of SMA Pangudi Luhur
Yogyakarta. From the interview, the researcher gathered the data about teachers’ opinions and views about students’ characteristics, students’ problem in English
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learning, English reading materials used in school, and the teachers’ expectation related to the design of reading materials.
2. Planning
In this step, the researcher planned the goals and the main purpose of the research. The researcher started to design the materials by deciding some suitable
and interesting topics based on the needs analysis. The researcher also focused in the syllabus and curriculum in determining the learning goals and objectives.
3. Developing Preliminary Form of Product
The researcher designed reading materials and activities based on the data gathered in the research and information collecting. The researcher gathered the
reading materials from many sources. The reading materials were suited to students’ characteristics and students’ need based on the learning goals.
4. Preliminary Field Testing
