LACKS a Students’ Level of Proficiency

In the Table 11, it can be seen that listening and speaking were the skills that most of students had problems with. Then, it followed by writing and reading skill. Considering the result, the integrated materials were developed, but listening and speaking skill were being noted.

4. WANTS

The third aspects in knowing target needs were wants. In this research, it was represented by the English aspect the students want to achieve, which can be seen in the following table. a The English Aspect the Students Want to Achieve Table 12: The English Aspect the Students Want to Achieve Question Items N Percentage The English aspect I want to achieve is... Pronunciation 28 14 Grammar 28 31 Vocabulary 28 54 Other 28 Table 12 shows that the students want to have more vocabulary mastery activities since the English aspect the studens want to achieve was vocabulary. The grammar aspect was in the second place, so there were also explanation about the grammar used in the materials being discussed. There were also students that chose pronunciation aspect. From the result, the developed materials were then focused on those three aspects, but activities related to vocabulary mastery would be more noted.

c. Learning Needs

In doing the needs analysis, another thing to figure out was learning needs. It must be done in order to know about the students‟ interests of inputs, learning preferences, and what settings the students like. The discussion was also about the students‟ preferred input for each skill; preferred activity for each skill; preferred activity in mastering vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation; students‟ role; teacher‟s role; and preferred learning style.

1. Input a Preferred Input

The material developer needed to know the students prefer to learn from. It aimed to provide the best input that are suitable for the students. In this question, the studens might choose more than one answer. By using the inputs that were preferred by the students, it can affect the students‟ achievement in learning English. The result of the preferred input can be seen in the following table. Table 13: The Table of Preferred Input Frequencies Question Items Responses Percent of Cases N Percent I prefer to learn English from... English Books 7 17.1 25.0 Text of short storyfiction 1 2.4 3.6 MagazineNewspa per 2 4.9 7.1 English song 15 36.6 53.6 Movie 14 34.1 50.0 Other 2 4.9 7.1 Total 41 100.0 146.4