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writer designed a set of materials for students which is called “Student’s Book” and a book for teacher which corresponds to the one that the students have. The book is
called “Teacher’s Manual”. Stage 7: Evaluating the Designed Materials
In order that the designed materials best facilitate the learning, the writer evaluated the proposed materials design by distributing a questionnaire to four
English teachers of SMP N 8 Yogyakarta and one lecturer of the English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. The writer expected corrections,
suggestions and also criticisms from the respondents. The evaluation of the designed materials will be discussed in the second and third part of this chapter.
Stage 8: Revising the Materials
The last step was to revise the proposed materials design. The revision is based on the feedback given by the respondents. This step is important to do in order
that the designed materials are able to facilitate the students to achieve the goals of the program. After finishing the revision, the final version of supplementary reading
materials for the seventh grade students of SMP N 8 Yogyakarta could be well- presented.
B. The Findings of the Designed Materials Evaluation
In order to gain evaluations on the designed materials the writer administered a survey. To do this, the writer distributed the designed materials and a questionnaire
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to the respondents on 8
th
December 2006 and collected them on 20
th
December 2006. The descriptions of the respondents and data presentation are discussed below.
1.
Description of the Respondents of the Post-design Survey
There were five respondents in the survey stud y. They were four English teachers of SMP N 8 Yogakarta and one lecturer of the English Education of Sanata
Dharma University. The data of the respondents was displayed in Table 7.
Table 7 The Description of the Respondents
Educational Background
Teaching Experiences in Years Group of
Respondents S1
S2 S3
5 5-10
10-15 15-20
20 English Teachers
4 1
2 1
English Lecturers
1 1
2.
Data Presentation
The data presentation elaborates two parts, namely descriptive statistics of the respondents’ opinions on the designed materials and the respondents’ suggestions on
the designed materials.
a. Descriptive Statistics of the Respondents’ Opinions on the Designed
Materials
The descriptive statistics presented the results of the writer’s calculation on the data from the evaluation questionnaire using the central tendency measurement.
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The results were used to revise the designed materials. The descriptive statistics of the respondents’ opinions on the designed materials were presented in Table 8.
Table 8 The Results of the Designed Materials Evaluations
Frequency of the Points of Agreement
The Central Tendency
No Respondents’ Opinion
1 2
3 4
5 N
Mean
1 The topics are well selected
and arranged. 4
1 5
4.2 2
The basic competences are well formulated.
4 1
5 4.2
3 The indicators are able to
support the attainment of basic competences.
4 1
5 4.2
4 The materials are able to
support the attainment of basic competences and indicators.
1 4
5 3.8
5 The materials are interesting,
suitable, and relevant for the seventh grade students of
junior high school. 1
2 2
5 4.2
6 The materials help the students
to enhance their enjoyment and motivation in reading English.
4 1
5 4.2
7 The learning activities help to
develop the students’ reading skills.
1 4
5 3.8
8 The use of The Adaptation of
Language Experience Approach to teach reading is
well developed. 1
4 5
3.8 9
The instructions are clear enough for the students
1 2
2 5
4.2 10 In general, the materials are
well elaborated. 4
1 5
3.8
Grand mean
4
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b. Respondents’ Opinions on the Designed Materials
The writer provided some spaces for respondents to give their opinions, comments and suggestions. There were some opinions given by the respondents on
the designed materials, in terms of the strengths and weaknesses. According to the respondents, the designed materials had some strength. The y said that the topics were
interesting and familiar to the students. The respondents found some good points from the presentation of the materials, such as the colorful pictures and texts, clear
instruction, adequate exercises. Moreover, the activities showed an integrative learning. They believe the materials attracted the learners to learn.
However, the materials had some weaknesses. Some of the colo rs were too bright so that it was hard to read. There were some minor grammatical mistakes and
mistyped words. The texts were not neatly written. Some of the instructions were too long and difficult to understand. Several vocabularies were a bit difficult for the
seventh grade students. The lists of vocabularies were not sufficient. Some materials were not suitable for the seventh grade students and they had no relation to the
existing curriculum. In general, the overall materials were well developed. The students would be
able to understand them. The materials challenged the students to learn reading and the other competencies: writing, listening, as well as speaking. However, the writer
still needed to improve the designed materials.
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c. Respondents’ Suggestions on the Designed Materials
Suggestions were valuable to improve the designed materials in order to make the final version of the designed materials. The respondents suggested to the writer
some points as presented below. 1.
One respondent suggested providing a lesson plan to help the teachers understand the time allocation, the division of pre, whilst and post activities.
2. Two respondents suggested the writers give models of the texts which can help
the students to create their own texts. 3.
One respondent stated that it would be better if the writer provided more activities which involve other skills than reading.
4. One respondent suggested providing more vocabularies.
5. One respondent suggested providing more grammar pit stops especially the ones
that were frequently used in the text. 6.
One respondent suggested the writer to relate the materials to the existing curriculum.
7. There were some minor grammatical mistakes and mistyped words which needed
to be revised. 8.
One respondent suggested changing the too-bright colored-fonts into more eye friendly colors.
9. One respondent suggested the writer type the materials more neatly.
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C. The Revision and Improvement of the Designed Materials
