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F. Research Procedure
In conducting the research the writer combined the theoretical framework in chapter two and the Educational Research and Development Procedure.
Kemps’ model, the school-based curriculum and the five main steps of Educational Research and Development were considered as the process of
research procedure. The procedure consisted of five main steps. The steps could be explained as follows:
1. Research and Information Collecting
In this step the writer collected information from library and conducted a research. The writer read literature; books, article and theses; that support the
study. The literature gave the writer a theoretical perspective to understand the topic. The contents of the literature dealt with the theoretical explanation about
writing, designing instructional materials, syllabus, learning and teaching approach, methodology, and school based curriculum. The materials were the
instructional sources that promoted the writer to understand the topic and to design the materials on writing. In conducting a research, the writer distributed
questionnaires to the students of grade XI in Seminari Pius XII Kisol. The aims of the research were to obtain the data on students’ need. The data would be
analyzed to develop proposed materials.
2. Planning
In this step the writer determined the skill, goals, topics and general purposes and objectives of the study. The skill that was developed in this study
was writing skill. In determining, the goals, general purposes and the objectives of
37 the study, the technical terms of competency standards, basic competencies and
indicators were used as the formal terms in school based curriculum. In this stage, the subject contents of the material, the learning teaching process and the sources
were also classified.
3. Development Preliminary Form of the Product
In development preliminary form of the product, the materials suggested by school based curriculum could be used as the references to develop the
materials for teaching and learning. In developing the materials, the materials from many books, magazines and websites were also used to enrich and enlarge
students understanding about the genres of writing and the process of learning writing. In this step, the writer developed a pre-design model of writing course
that was offered to the students to be used and evaluated.
4. Preliminary Field Testing
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