Selecting and Developing the Syllabus Type

Table 4.12: The Result of Post-Design Survey Conducted in the Field Testing No Statement N Percentage 1 The basic competences are well formulated 3 93 2 The indicators are well formulated 3 93 3 The materials match the basic competences and indicators 3 93 4 The topics are well arranged 3 93 5 The topics are suitable to teach speaking for extracurricular English Club in junior high school 3 87 6 The content of materials is relevant to the theory of Communicative language Teaching 3 93 7 The tasks are well elaborated and sufficiently varied to facilitate the students to understand the topic being discussed 3 80 8 The media are interesting enough to attract students‟ attention 3 80 9 The level of difficulty suits the students‟ level 3 73 10 Communicative language Teaching is well developed in the materials 3 87 Answering the close-ended questions, the participants also gave comments and suggestions for the improvement of the designed materials. The researcher, as the material developer, needs to make sure whether the design is for the teacher or the students or b oth. The researcher also must comprehend well the term „media‟ and to what the media refer to. Basically, the designed materials have met the desired competences and objectives but the researcher needs to add some more tasks. Reading passage is suitable to be included as one of the speaking materials. The topics presented in the materials are good as they are relevant to the students‟ daily routines. Various games are suitable to be put in each material designed. The researcher only needs to paraphrase the instructions in order to make them more understandable by the students. Besides the comments, the participants also give some suggestions regarding to the materials developed. Related to the materials, the researcher needs to explain well whether they are teacher‟s book or student‟s book. It is found that some instructions seem to be addressed to the teacher and some of them are for students. The researcher also needs to provide some reasons why the material organization is not similar in every unit. Related to the lesson plan, the researcher needs to have the complete versions when she develops a lesson plan. It is also important that the researcher needs to give questions to encourage students‟ speaking and analytical skill. It is also acceptable if the researcher adds reading and writing activities as an addition to the main activity. Such a provision is important for students to make them more prepared for the National Final Examination.