Research and Information Collecting

39 In this study, the data were collected by distributing the questionnaires and interview. The data gathered consisted of the importance of English listening skills, students’ perceptions and experiences toward English listening class. Moreover, the information and opinion from the English teachers were needed to help the writer to develop the materials design.

2. Planning

In this study, Planning included defining skills, stating objectives, and determining course sequence which was developed based on the curriculum applied in SMK Pius X Magelang. The writer would use the data from Research and Information Collecting to determine the appropriate materials based on the students’ needs and the school’s curriculum. The data would be presented in the form of syllabus and lesson plans. Since the design would be developed based on the School-Based Curriculum which is applied in the school, the terms in the Planning were suited with school’s syllabus. The most important aspect in Planning is stating the objectives which should be achieved by the product. Thus, the writer firstly reviewed the Competence Standard and the Basic Competence, and listed the topics of the designed materials based on the syllabus of SMK Pius X Magelang. After that, the indicators were specified before listing the subject content to select some teaching learning activities and resources which would be used in the design. 40

3. Development of Preliminary Form of Product

In this study, this step included all preparation of the instructional materials, handouts, and the activities which are going to be developed using Task-Based principles. This study aimed to design the materials which are really appropriate with the needs of the Eleventh grade students of SMK Pius X Magelang. Thus, the data from Research and Information Collecting were used as the basis of designing the materials based on the Task-Based principles. Organizing the materials and obtaining feedback as much as possible were important aspects of designing the qualified materials. Subsequently, the feedback would be the basis to revise and improve the materials so that the materials would be ready and complete to be used by the English teachers of the school.

4. Preliminary Field Testing

The aim of this step in this study was to acquire evaluation and comments as well as criticism of the designed materials. The designed materials would be evaluated by two English teachers of SMK Pius X Magelang and lecturers of English Language Education of Sanata Dharma University. The feedback would be gathered using questionnaire, and would be used to revise and develop the designed materials.

5. Main Product Revision

In this study, this step was conducted by revising the designed materials as suggested by the Preliminary Field Testing results. The result of the Preliminary Field Testing would be the basis of the product revision. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI