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b. Learners and Context
In order to analyze the characteristics of the students, the writer distributed questionnaire for fifty students for two classes, however, only thirty copies of
questionnaire were used because the writer only took fifteen copies questionnaires from each class. The data from the thirty students had already represented as the
population of the tenth grade students of SMK Marsudi Luhur 1 Yogyakarta.
Table 4.1 Students’ Motivation in Learning English No.
Item Response
Number Percentage
1. In your opinion, is
learning English useful for you?
a. Yes b. No
29 1
96.7 3.3
2. What is your motivation
in learning English? a. Because you
are interested in learning
English. b. To fulfil
English language as a
compulsory subject.
c. Support in working world
d. Travelling e. Expand the
friendship f. Other_____
5
13
7 1
4 16. 7
43.3
23.3 3.3
3.3
From Table 4.1, it described that students had high motivation in learning English. Twenty-nine out of thirty students agreed that learning English is very
useful in their life. The major reason in learning English was to fulfil the
54 obligation since English language is one of the compulsory subjects in schools.
Second, the reason to learn English was English language supported their working world especially in automotive parts that was chosen by seven students. Students
also had been interested in learning English, which was chosen by five students. The following reason in learning English was to expand the friendship, which was
chosen by four students and travelling, which was chosen only by one participant. From the data in Table 4.1 earlier, the writer believed that the students
actually had high motivation in learning English. The main reason to learn English was that the students had to fulfil English language as a compulsory
subject. Therefore, the existences of the materials held an important role in the learning process. Thus, the writer designed the materials to help students to
achieve the learning goals in the school. The content of the designed materials would relate to automotive world in order to support their language in their study
program and working world.
Table 4.2 Necessities and Lacks of Students
No. Item
Response Number Percentage
3. In your opinion, what
English skills you need the most? answer can be
more than one a. Listening
b. Speaking c. Reading
d. Writing 13
25 11
9 43.3
83.3 36.7
30 4.
In learning English, what is your weakness?
answer can be more than one
a. Vocabulary b. Grammar
c. Pronunciation 22
18 10
73.3 60
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