Research Setting Research Respondents

They were also asked to give suggestions and recommendations on the designed materials. The second category of respondents was students of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University University. The interview was conducted in order to obtain appropriate comments and suggestion to the multimedia materials. Their suggestions were used to revise and improve the designed materials.

B. Research Setting

The research was conducted at English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. Since Speaking IV is a compulsory subject in English Language Education Study Program, all the survey and respondents in this study were undertaken in this setting. Thus, the result of the research would be relevant to this study. The pre-design survey research was conducted on May 2006, at the second semester of the year 20052006. While the post-design survey research was conducted on the first semester of the year 20062007.

C. Research Respondents

The respondents of the research were divided into two groups. They were the respondents of pre-design survey research and respondents of the post-design survey research. 1. Respondents of the Pre-design Survey Research The respondents of the pre-design survey research consisted of two groups. The first group was the 4 th semester students of English Language Education Study Program in Sanata Dharma University. Considering on limitations of manpower, ability, chance, and economical factors, the writer had 45 students as the respondents of this first survey. They were asked to fill in questionnaire which aimed to investigate student’s learning needs. Random sampling was applied in conducting this research since it is a fair technique in which each member of the population has the equal chance to be chosen as sample. The following table represents the description of the respondents of the pre-design survey research. The second group was the lecturer of Speaking IV subject. At the time the pre-design survey research was conducted there were 3 three lecturers teaching the subject. All of them became the respondents of this first survey. They were interviewed in order to gain information on the nature of the course, the existing materials and teaching technique, and also the difficulties had been faced by the students and lecturers. 2. Respondents of the Post-design Survey Research The respondents of the post-design survey research were classified into two categories. The first category was the lecturers of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University and other English instructors who were experienced in teaching Speaking subject. The following table represents the description of the respondents of the post-design survey research. Table 3.1. The table of the description of the respondents of questionnaire in post-design survey research The second category of respondents was students of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. The description of which is shown as follows: Table3.2. The table of description of the respondents of the interview in the post- design survey research

D. Research Instruments