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63 their opinions, comments, and suggestions on the designed materials. There were
two parts of the evaluation qustionnaire. The first part was about the respondents’ opinions whether the designed materials were good and acceptable to the eighth
grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten or not while the second part of the evaluation questionnaire was used to obtain the respondents’ comments and
suggestions on the designed materials. Those comments and suggestions were later be used to base the revision step of the designed materials. This revision was
conducted to make the final version of the designed materials. In evaluating the designed materials, the researcher distributed the
evaluation questionnaire to an English Language Education Study Program lecturer of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta and two English teachers of
SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten. The researcher chose the English teachers of SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten because the teachers had accustomed to teach the
eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten and had known their characteristics and needs in learning English. Therefore, the opinions, comments,
and suggestions would be beneficial for the development of the designed materials. Moreover, the ELESP lecturer of Sanata Dharma University
Yogyakarta was chosen because of the competence in teaching English and developing materials. For more information, the ELESP lecturer of Sanata
Dharma University who became the respondent of the evaluation questionnaire was the arranger of an English textbook. Table 4.3 presented the respondents’
background of their education and teaching experience.
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Table 4.3 The Evaluators’ Background
Respondents Sex Educational
Background Teaching
Experiences in years
Male Female S1 S2 1-10 11-20
English teacher 2
2 2
English lecturer
1 1 1
The respondents of the evaluation questionnaire, as presented in Table 4.3 were all female. All of them were S1 graduates. Their teaching experiences
ranged from 2 up to 17 years. After distributing the evaluation questionnaire and collected it back, the
researcher analyzed the results and made a conclusion. The first part of the evaluation questionnaire which consisted of several assessed statements of the
designed materials, gave opportunity to the respondents to state their opinions about the designed materials by choosing the points of agreement which clearly
represented their opinion. The points of agreement ranged from 1 up to 4 and represented different meaning as follows.
1: Strongly disagreeVery poor 2: DisagreePoor
3: AgreeGood 4: Strongly agreeVery good
The results of the first part of the evaluation questionnaire indicated that the mean for each assessed statement of the designed materials ranged from 3.00
up to 3.66. It indicated that the designed matarials were good and acceptable for the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan Klaten. Besides, the