needs. The second and third questionnaire was given to the experts to get comments and suggestions in developing interactive multimedia and also to
determine whether the interactive multimedia developed was already appropriate and could be classified into an effective interactive multimedia or not. And the
last questionnaire was given to the students to assess the materials.
F. Research Instruments
The instruments used in this research were observation guide, interview guide and questionnaire.
1. Observation Guide
Observation guide was used to guide the researcher in gaining information about the characteristics of the students. The researcher observed the
situation in the classroom to be able to identify their characteristic, learning style, personality, motivation, and performance. It was also used to see the situation and
facility in the school. The observation was conducted in the beginning of the research. It was then described in the field note to help the researcher to develop
appropriate interactive multimedia that will be useful for them.
2. Interview Guide
Interview guide was used to guide the researcher in gaining information from the English teacher related to the materials which would be developed, and
to confirm the characteristic and condition of the students. The interview was conducted in the beginning of the research. It was then transcribed to help the
researcher develops the appropriate interactive multimedia.
3. Questionnaire
The first questionnaire was used to obtain data concerning the need analysis. It was given to the seventh grade students of SMP N 15 Yogyakarta to
see the target needs and the learning needs. The second questionnaire was given the expert to evaluate the content and media appropriateness of the multimedia
draft. And the last questionnaire was given to the students to evaluate the content and media appropriateness the multimedia as well. All of the data were very
crucial to help researcher in developing appropriate interactive vocabulary learning multimedia.
Table 1: The Organization of Needs Analysis Questionnaire
This organization of need analysis questionnaire was used as the principles to develop the need analysis questionnaire for students in this research.
The questionnaires were used to collect data related to the target need and the learning need of the seventh grade students. There were seven aspects that were
considered to develop 16 simple questions for students regarding the necessities, lacks, wants, input, procedures, setting, and media. The questions are in the form
of multiple choice.
Aspect The purpose of the
questions Questionnaire
No. References
T ar
ge t N
e ed
s Necessities
To find out the type of needs by the demands of
target situation. 1,
Hutchinson and Waters
1987: 54,
Lacks To find out the gap
between learners’ proficiency and target
situation necessities. 2, 3
Hutchinson and Waters
1987: 54.
Wants
To find out the learners’ wants of learning
English. 4
Hutchinson and Waters
1987: 54.
L ear
n in
g Ne ed
s Input
To find out the suitable input for English learning
materials that students want the most.
5, 6 Hutchinson
and Waters 1987,
Richards 2001: 4
Procedures To find out the suitable
procedures that students want the most.
7, 8 Nunan
2004: 52
Setting To find out the desired
setting in learning process that the students
want the most. 9
Nunan 2004: 70
Media
To find out the most suitable media that the
students want the most 10, 11, 12, 13,
14, 15, 16, Stemler
1997: 1
