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CHAPTER V CONCLUSSION AND SUGGESTIONS

This chapter consists of two parts namely, conclusions and suggestions. The first part deals with the conclusions of the study. The second part deals with the suggestions that are expected to help the English teacher of the eighth grade students of SMP Taman Siswa Ibu Pawiyatan Yoggyakarta and future researchers.

A. Conclusions

The study was to design a set of English reading instructional material based on a Cooperative Learning approach for the eighth grade students of SMP Taman Dewasa Ibu Pawiyatan Yogyakarta. In this study, the writer formulated two problem formulations. Those problem formulations were 1 How is a set of English reading instructional material based on a Cooperative Learning approach for the eighth grade students of SMP Taman Dewasa Ibu Pawiyatan Yogyakarta designed? and 2 What does a set of English reading instructional material based on a Cooperative Learning approach for the eighth grade students of SMP Taman Dewasa Ibu Pawiyatan Yogyakarta look like? In order to answer the first question, the writer used an instructional design model adapted from Taba’s and Kemp’s. The writer combined these two models to design the material because the combination reveals a clear and complete step in designing the material. Those steps are 1 conducting needs survey, 2 specifying goals, topics, and general purposes, 3 formulating learning objectives, 4 selecting PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI and organizing subject contents, 5 organizing teaching learning activities and resources, and 6 materials evaluation. Furthermore, the instruction design model applied in the study was appropriate with R D method employed by the writer. In order to answer the second question, the writer presents the final version of the set of English reading instructional material based on a Cooperative Learning approach for the eighth grade students of SMP Taman Dewasa Ibu Pawiyatan Yogyakarta. The designed material contains four units. Those four units are presented as follows. UNIT 1 : Sport UNIT 2 : Idols UNIT 3 : Fairy tales UNIT 4 : Environment Each unit is divided into four parts, namely Hello, Let’s Study It Together, Let’s Play, and What Have You Learnt?. Hello contains activities which aim to activate the students’ background knowledge. The activities are done in groups. By doing this part, the students would find it easier to study the related topic. Let’s Study It Together is the main part of each unit. This part contains activities in group and in pairs, such as It’s Time to Read, and Let’s Discuss. Are You Ready for the Quiz? is the activity done individually in this section. This activity is aimed to measure students’ achievement after they have discussion in group about the related topic. Let’s Play provides group games related to the topic being discussed. Group games activities are aimed to make learning atmosphere become comfortable and interesting for the students. This game also make the students feel relax in learning English. In the last part, What Have You Learnt? is the students’ activity PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI to write down about what the students have learnt through the topic. There is only one kind of activity in this section. The students are asked to answer the comprehension questions related to the topic being discussed by writing “Yes, I can” or “No, I can’t” on the box. By answering the comprehension questions, the students are able to review and measure their understanding of the unit. Evaluation was also conducted in the study by distributing questionnaire to some respondents. The respondents gave positive responses by stating that the material was interesting, creative, and well-developed. The data from the material evaluation questionnaire were analyzed using percentage. The result showed that the English reading instructional material based on a Cooperative Learning approach designed by the writer was appropriate for the eighth grade students of SMP Taman Dewasa Ibu Pawiyatan Yogyakarta.

B. Suggestions