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B. Research Participants
In this study, there were two groups of participants in this section and they were consisted of different group of people.
1. Participants of Research and Information Collecting
There were two group of participants of Research and Information Collecting. They were the eleventh grade students of SMK Pius X Magelang, both Food Science
and Clothing Science departments, and the English teachers of SMK Pius X Magelang
. The students were asked about their opinion on the listening activities they had so far, their difficulties and their expectation on their English lesson,
especially listening. Meanwhile, the teachers were asked to give opinion about the materials, method, and also their students’ characteristics which were useful for the
materials development process in this study.
2. Participants of Preliminary Field Testing
In Research and Information Collecting, the participants were the English teachers of SMK Pius X Magelang and the lecturers of English Language Education
Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. In this section, they were asked to give feedback, opinion, comments, and suggestions toward the designed materials for
helping the writer to revise the materials.
C. Research Instruments
In order to obtain the data for this study, the writer employed some instruments in Research and Information Collecting and Preliminary Field Testing.
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1. Instruments of Research and Information Collecting
For Research and Information Collecting, the writer used questionnaires small interview to gain the data and information on teachers and students’ needs about the
materials, method, and activities in listening class. The subjects of the interview were the English teachers of SMK Pius X Magelang, while the questionnaires were given
for the English teachers and the students who were going to have the activities using the designed materials later on. The interview was conducted using open-ended
questions.
2. Instruments of Preliminary Field Testing
In Preliminary Field Testing, the questionnaire was used to obtain the data for the evaluation of the designed materials. Ary, Jacobs, and Razavieh 2002: 421 state
that “questionnaire is designed for self-administration and it is possible to include a large number of subjects as well as subjects in more-diverse locations. Respondents
also feel free to give their opinions and do not feel reluctant to express points of view”.
The questionnaire would be given to the English teachers of SMK Pius X who would use the materials, and the lecturers of English Language Education Sanata
Dharma University. The questions were in Likert scale item close-ended questions and open-ended questions. A Likert scale assesses attitudes toward a topic by asking
respondents to indicate whether they strongly disagree, disagree, undecideddoubt, agree, or
strongly agree, with each series of statements about the topic Ary, Jacobs and Razavieh, 1990: 234.
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