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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
The relevant studies of this research have been discussed in the previous chapter. This chapter describes the type of the research, research setting, research
subjects, data collection techniques and instruments, data analysis techniques, and research procedure.
A. Type of the Research
As stated in previous chapter, this research is aimed to develop task-based English materials for the tenth graders vocational high school students majoring in
automotive engineering. Therefore, it is categorised into educational research and development. Gall, Gall, and Borg 2003: 569 define educational research and
development as the process of developing and validating the educational products and procedures.
B. Research Setting
This research was conducted in one of the vocational high school SMK in Wonosari, namely SMK YAPPI Wonosari. This school is located in Bansari,
Kepek, Wonosari, Gunung Kidul. SMK YAPPI Wonosari is a private school under Nahdatul
‘Ulama NU foundation. Beside automotive engineering study programme, there are three other study programmes namely electrical engineering,
informatics engineering, and industrial automation study programme.
C. Research Subjects
The population of this research were 136 tenth graders of automotive engineering study programme. However, because of the limitation of the time,
there were only 80 students and an English teacher participated in data collection in this research.
D. Data Collection Techniques and Instrument
There are two kinds of data in this research: data related to student s’ needs
and data related to materials’ evaluation after the materials developed. The instruments used to collect data related to students
’ needs were questionnaires and interview guidelines. The instrument used to collect data related to materials’
evaluation was a questionnaire. The first questionnaire,
which was used to collect the data for students’ needs, focused on the target needs and learning needs of English materials the
students wanted. The detailed questions can be seen in Table 3.1.
No. Aspects
The Purpose of the Questions Item
Number References
Target Needs 1.
Necessities To find out the information
about students’ necessities in the teaching and learning process.
1 – 13
Hutchinson and
Waters 1987: 55
2. Lacks
To find out the information about students’ difficulties in the
teaching and learning process. 14
– 17 Hutchinson
and Waters
1987: 55 3.
Wants To find out the information
18 – 20 Hutchinson
Table 3.1: The Organisation of the First Questionnaire
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