The six steps of RD Cycle Yalden’s Instructional Design Model
Figure 3.1 : The six steps of RD cycle combines with Yalden’s Model
Research and Information Collecting
Preliminary Form of Product Development
Preliminary Product Revision
Preliminary Product Verification
Main Field Testing
Main Product Revision Need Survey
Description of Purpose
Production of a Proto Syllabus
Selection Development of Syllabus Type
Production of pedagogical syllabus
Evaluation Development and
implementation of Classroom procedures
B. Research Participants
In order to conduct this study, the writer required three groups of participants who became the sources of data gathering in Research and
Information step, Product Testing step, and Main Product Revision step. Each group of participant would be explained on the following paragraphs.
The first group was participant in Research and Information collecting.
They were three English teachers of SMKN 5 Yogyakarta and four second year students of Visual Communication Design Program. They were sources for the
data of strength and weakness of the students, learning techniques, the existing materials, topic choices, teaching media and also their expectation toward this
study.
The second group was three English teachers of SMKN 5 Yogyakarta and two English Lecturers of English Language Education Study Program in Sanata
Dharma University. They were participants for the feedback of the designed materials in Product Testing step. The feedback included evaluations, suggestions,
and opinions to improve the designed materials. The third group was participant for the last step taken in this study that
was Main Product Revision. They were second year students of Visual
Communication Design Program in SMKN 5 Yogyakarta. They were expected to provide opinions and feedbacks of the designed materials and its implementation.
C. Data Gathering Techniques and Type of Data
This part elaborated the data gathering techniques and the type of data which were used in this study. This study applied three types of data gathering
techniques, in which employed in Research Information Collecting step, Preliminary Product Verification step and Main Field Testing step.
