They will be interested to learn by themselves through something they want to know. It can be something that is amazing, new and appropriate.
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Type of Research Study
This research tends to design an educational product of proven effectiveness. It is conducted based on the principals of Research and Development RD. The
finished educational is expected to be able to be applied in the eighth grade students of junior high schools. The writer conducted observation and interviews to the school.
First, the writer came to the school to ask permission. After the school had allowed, the writer met Mrs. Wida, the English teacher of grade VII and VIII students of SMP
N 1 Tanjungsari to ask permission and consult about the plan of interview. The teacher allowed the writer to do interview on the next day. Then, the interviews with
the teacher and the students could be implemented. The writer had prepared interview guidelines and observation sheets before.
B. Setting
The observation of the research study was conducted from June 6
th
up to 13
th
, 2015 in the eighth and seventh grade of SMP N 1 Tanjungsari. SMP N 1 Tanjungsari
lies in Madang, Tepus, Gunungkidul Regency. The location is in the tourism zone. It is exactly in hilly and mountainous range of Sewu Karst Mountains in Gunungkidul.
The area is famous of its amazing landscapes of its nature, especially the nature tourist resorts.
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The research was implemented in the school because the reading materials had not provided especially for the eighth grade students of the school. The designed
materials should consider the students’ needs and the learning needs related to the students’ preparation in their tests and examination. Good reading materials will be
designed by the writer in order to improve the students’ reading skill so the students can be ready in doing their tests.
C. Population and Sample
Due to the suitable time for preparing the beginning semester for the eighth grade students, the populations of this study are the eighth and the seventh grade
students of SMP N 1 Tanjungsari in the academic year of 20142015. The eighth grade students are as the sample in the ending of the learning materials from their
teacher. While, the seventh grade students are as the sample of the writer’s produced materials because it will be the next grade, eighth grade after the final test.
Each grade of the school consists of three classes; Class A, Class B and Class C. The sample of the research study was taken by the writer by pointing one class of
each grade. Class A, as the most effective classes of them was taken as the sample. Hence, the sample was class A of the seventh and the eighth grade of the school.
There are 24 students in Class A of the seventh grade and 29 students in Class A of the eighth grade.
