There were two types of questionnaire. The first was given to the expert to fill the questionnaire to provide feedbacks and suggestions of the developed
materials. The second was given to the students of English Education Department to provide the suggestions of English learning tasks for kindergarten children-
teache r’s guide book. Those evaluation instruments were aimed to find feedbacks
and the suggestions to evaluate the developed materials. The data collected were used to write the final draft.
5. Revising and Writing the Final Draft of a set of English learning tasks for
kindergarten- Teacher’s Guide Book.
After evaluating the data, the second draft of a set of song and game-based English learning tasks for kindergarten children were revised. This revision was
based on the analysis of the opinions and suggestions from the experts. The final product of this stage was a final draft of a set of song and game-based English
learning task for kindergarten- Teacher’s Guide Book.
C. Design of Product Testing 1. Testing Design
The product of the study was of a set of song and game-based English learning tasks for kindergarten-
Teacher’s Guide Book children of the B level of TK Dharma Bakti Ngemplak II Yogyakarta. The
teacher’s guide book contained three units which consisted of learning objective and indicators, warming-up activities,
core activities, follow-up activities, and review as a closing activity. The teacher’s
book contained the directions of how to use the book. There was also answer key as a help for teacher to find the answer easily.
2. Subject Design
The subjects of the research were the children of TK Dharma Bakti II Ngemplak Yogyakarta. There were 2 classes A and B. The researcher only used
one class as the sample in this research which was class B. There were 12 children in the class consisting of 6 girls and 6 boys. The children were needed as the
participants to find out their needs and interests. The researcher also involved the headmaster and the teacher as the interviewees to gain as much information as
possible about the English tasks used in the classroom, the children ’s needs,
difficulties and interests. This research was done to analyze the target needs and the learning needs of the children.
Table 3.1: The Description of the subject of the study
Number of Students
Sex Age Range
Male Female
12 6
6 5-7
3. Setting of the Design
The research was conducted in November 17
th
2015 in TK Dharma Bakti Ngemplak II Yogyakarta.
D. Techniques and Instruments of Data Collection
1. Data Collection Techniques
The data collection techniques used in this research were observation and interview. The observation and the interviews were applied in the needs analysis
stage. The children ’s characteristics and learning resources were observed by
doing needs analysis. The next technique of data collection was by using questionnaire.
In this step, the questionnaires were used to get the expert’s judgment
and respondents’ opinions and suggestions.
2. Data Collection Instrument
This study employed three forms of instruments to collect the data they were: observation guideline, interview guideline, and questionnaire. Those instruments
were used to obtain the children ’s needs and interests. Moreover, questionnaires
were also used to revise the materials.
a. Observation for the Need Analysis
The researcher observed the teaching and learning process in the school during the needs analysis. The instrument was using observation guideline. The
observation was needed to obtain the information related to the teaching and learning process in the class. The guideline of the observation can be seen as
follows:
Table 3.2:The Guideline of The Observation
No.
Aspects being observed Purpose
References
1 Taching and learning kit
To find
out the
curriculum, the course grid, the syllabus being
used in the school. Nunan 2004:
175
2 Teaching and learning process
To find
out the
information aboutthe
material, teaching
method and technique used by the teacher.
Nunan 2004:
47, Harmer
2002: 57-62 3
The behaviour of the children in the class
To find
out some
information about the behaviour
of the
children both in the classroom and outside
the classroom. Nunan
2004: 65
Brown 2001:
87-90 Slattery Willis
2009:4
b. Interview for the Needs Analysis The researcher did some interviews with the headmaster, the class teachers,
and the children of class B. The interviews were used to collect the information of the needs analysis. In the need analysis, the researcher wanted to know about the
school’s profile, the children’s characteristics, the barriers of the English Teacher in delivering the materials, the children’s motivation in learning English, and the
class teachers’ willingness to teach English for the children. a.
Interview for the Headmaster In the first interview, the researcher interviewed the headmaster. There were
five questions in the interview guideline for the headmaster. The aim of the interview was to find the information about the school, the characteristics of the
children and the process of teaching and learning English in the school.
