the writer conducted the interview to one of the tenth grade English teachers in SMA Stella Duce I Yogyakarta.
Then, the writer distributed Research and Information Collecting questionnaires to the tenth grade students in SMA Stella Duce I Yogyakarta.
There are two sections to discuss in this step. They are the results of the interview with the English teacher in SMA Stella Duce I Yogyakarta and the results of the
questionnaires distributed to the tenth grade students.
a. The Results of the Interview with the English Teacher
The first step conducted in the Research and Information Collecting was interviewing the tenth grade English teacher in SMA Stella Duce I Yogyakarta.
There were thirteen questions to ask. It is attached in Appendix
B. The tenth grade English teacher provided precious information that the students had problems in
the reading lesson: the students considered that the lack of vocabulary and reading skills hindered their comprehension mastery.
The students were not involved in choosing the topics of the reading texts. In addition, the teacher considered that if they were involved in selecting the
topics, they would be more interested in learning English. The students had been introduced to some reading strategies, such as
giving prediction based on the picture, formulating one or two questions and guessing the meanings of the vocabulary items, although the results were not
pleasing enough.
Based on the results of interview, it could be concluded that there was a need to design the reading materials. Therefore, in this study, the writer intended
to design English reading materials instructional materials based on reciprocal teaching strategy for the tenth grade students in SMA Stella Duce I Yogyakarta in
order to develop the students’ reading comprehension mastery.
b. The Results of the Questionnaires Distributed to the Tenth Grade
Students
The writer distributed questionnaires to the tenth grade students in SMA Stella Duce I Yogyakarta. The results of the questionnaires were attached in
Appendix D. According to the results of the questionnaires, the writer was able to
reveal some information. The questionnaires was divided into two parts; part A and part B. Part A consisted of five questions, which was used to find out
students’ reading abilities and interests, while part B consisted of ten questions which had a purpose in revealing the students’ reading comprehension strategies.
From the result of the questionnaires Part A, on the statement of the students’ opinion about their reading abilities, 30 students stated that they were
good at reading and 70 stated adequate. Based on the opinion about reading, 30 students stated that it was difficult, and 70 students stated it was sufficient.
The students also stated the factors that influence their comprehension of reading texts; 40 students stated that the factor was vocabulary items, 40 students
stated the grammar, 20 students stated the length of the text, and 20 students stated the uninteresting text.
Regarding the English reading texts sources, 33,33 students stated that the teacher took the material from the book and 66,66 students stated the
articles. Concerning the choices of topics selected by the students, they proposed four topics. The topics were Culture 10, Imagination 26,67 , Film
23,33 and Music 16,67. The result of Part B questionnaire, which aimed to find out the students’
comprehension strategies, showed significant information about the application of reciprocal teaching strategy that they have employed. The first statement was
about the predicting strategy. There were 20 students stated that they rarely predicted the content of the text before reading the text, 40 students stated
sometimes, 20 students stated often, and 20 students stated always. The third statement dealt with questioning strategy; 10 students stated
never generated questions, 50 students stated rarely, 20 students stated sometimes, and 20 students stated often.
The next statements concerned with clarifying strategy; 20 students stated that they rarely found the answers for the questions, 20 students stated
sometimes, 50 students stated often, and 10 students stated always. There were 20 students stated that they never took note about WH questions, 20
students stated rarely, 40students stated sometimes, 10 students stated often and 10 students stated always. There were 30 students stated that they
sometimes predicted the unfamiliar vocabulary items, 20 students stated often and 50 students stated always.
The last question dealt with summarizing strategy. There were 10 students stated rarely summarized the content using own words, 40 students
stated sometimes, 30 students stated often and 20 students stated always. Based on those result, it can be concluded that the students actually had
already carried out reciprocal teaching strategy even though they did not realize it. However, the application of these strategies were not developed enough.
Therefore, they should be given certain tasks that would make them realize the use of reciprocal teaching strategy.
2. The Competency Standard, the Basic Competence and the Topics
