72 The post-design research aimed to obtain the respondents’ opinions,
comments, and suggestions on the designed materials. The respondents’ opinions were used to decide whether the designed materials were good and acceptable or
not for the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten. The respondents’ comments and suggestions were used to revise the designed
materials. In the post-design research, the researcher distributed the evaluation questionnaire to the respondents. The respondents were two English teachers of
SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten and one English Language Education Study Program lecturer of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta.
After analyzing the data of the evaluation questionnaire, the designed materials were categorized as good and acceptable because each assessed item of
the designed materials reached 3.00 up to 3.66 from the scale of 4. Therefore, the designed materials could be used as the grammar instructional materials using
group activities for the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten after being revised according to the evaluators’ comments and suggestions.
The second research question was answered by presenting the final version of the designed materials. The grammar instructional materials using
group activities for the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten consisted of four units. They were listed as follows.
Unit 1: Cinderella Cried Alone Unit 2: The Hare was Sleeping
Unit 3: I Went Fishing in the River Unit 4: He Passed Away After…
73 Each unit consisted of five sections namely Open Your Mind, Do You Know,
Grammar Pit Stop, Try This, and Let’s Sum Up. The final version of the designed materials was presented in Appendix I.
B. Recommendations
This part deals with the researcher’s recommendations for the English teachers of junior high school and other researchers. The recommendations are
elaborated as follows.
1. The Recommendations for the English Teachers of Junior High School,
Especially the English Teachers of SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten
The researcher recommends the English teachers of SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten use the designed materials in class. The designed materials have
been suited with the students’ needs and interest. Therefore, the students will find it is interesting and challenging to learn the materials in class. Moreover, the
researcher recommends the English teachers of SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten refer to the teacher’s manual in delivering the designed materials. By following
the instructions in the teacher’s manual, the teachers will successfully deliver and effectively reach the goals of the designed materials. The teachers are also
recommended enrich their knowledge about group activity because in this designed materials the teachers play an important role as the leader in the group
activities which were implemented in class.
2. The Recommendations for Other Researchers
For other researchers, who are interested in the similar research, the re-
74 searcher recommends vary the types of group activity which are applied in the
designed materials. For better result, it is recommended also implement the designed materials in class. The last but not least, the researcher recommends
apply group activities in designing materials for other English skills whether it is speaking, listening, or reading.
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