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B. Research Setting
The setting of this research was at Pangudi Luhur elementary school
Yogyakarta. It was located on Jalan Koni near the Alun-Alun Utara of Yogyakarta. It was a private school institute under the coordination of FIC Brother.
The researcher observed the class at April 11, 2013. The researcher joined the class from 1.30 p.m. until 2.30 p.m. At the end of the class, the researcher distributed
the questionnaire for the students and the students filled the questionnaire at the time. After filling up the questionnaire, the students submitted it to the researcher.
After the end of the class, the researcher interviewed the English tutor of the fifth graders. The interview took place at the Pangudi Luhur Elementary School for a
half hour long. The other interviewee who had been chosen by the researcher was the English teacher of the Pangudi Luhur elementary school. After arranging the
meeting, the researcher interviewed the English teacher at April 27, 2013.
C. Research Participants Subjects
In this part, the researcher explained the participants of the researcher. The explanation would be divided into two parts.
1. The respondents of the Needs Survey
The participants or subjects of this research were the students of Pangudi Luhur elementary school grade 5 who joined the English extracurricular, the English
teacher of Pangudi Luhur elementary school, and the fifth graders English tutor of the English extracurricular of Pangudi Luhur elementary school. Pangudi Luhur
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elementary school was divided into three branches; Pangudi Luhur 1 elementary school, Pangudi Luhur 2 elementary school, and the Pangudi Luhur 3 elementary
school. The fifth graders who joined the English extracurricular program were from the three schools of Pangudi Luhur elementary school. There was only one English
extracurricular class for the five grade students. The class consisted of 11 female students and 6 male students. The English tutor was the student of English Education
Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. The English teacher who had been mentioned before was the English teacher of Pangudi Luhur elementary school. The
English teacher was the person who had a responsibility to teach the fourth, fifth, and the sixth graders of Pangudi Luhur elementary school.
2. The respondents of the Design Materials Survey
To be able to improve the designed materials, the researcher had done another different step. The researcher distributed a questionnaire to three people who
considered capable in this field. One of them was the English teacher of Pangudi Luhur elementary school. The English teacher was considered capable because she
already knew the characteristics of the students and she had been dealing with the teaching learning activity for the fifth graders in quite a long time. The other
participant was the lecturer of English Education of Sanata Dharma University. The other one was the English teacher of SMPN 1 Kalasan. The description of the
participants would be explained as follows.
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Table 3.1 The Description of the Designed Materials Questionnaire Participants Respondents
Sex Educational
Background Teaching Experience
in Years
F M
S1 S2
S3 1-5 6-10 11-15
15 Participant 1
√ √
√ Participant 2
√ √
√ Participant 3
√ √
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D. Instruments and Data Gathering Technique