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Considering the R D methodology, the writer conducted surveys. The surveys were conducted because the writer needed to find the needs of the students
before she designed the materials. A survey research is one of the common forms of research engaged by educational researchers. The writer asked questions to a number
of English language teachers about a particular topic or issue. This asking of questions, all related to the issue of interest, is called survey and it could be done in a
number of ways, like face-to-face with individuals or groups, by mail or by telephone. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages, but obtaining answers
from a large number of people to a set of carefully designed and administered questions lies at the heart of survey research Fraenkel and Wallen, 1996: 342.
Moreover, according to Sprinthall 1993: 3, a survey is designed to gather information from samples occasionally, even some populations by using
questionnaires or sometimes an interview. There were two surveys conducted in this study. The first survey was needs survey and the second survey was the evaluation of
the designed materials survey.
B. Research Setting and Subject
In obtaining some data for the needs analysis, the writer conducted the survey to some participants in some places. The following would be the discussion about
where the places were and who the participants were.
1. Setting
The first survey was conducted in three classes of SMP N 3 Sleman. The Junior High School was chosen as the place to conduct the research since based on
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the micro-teaching done by the writer, the students usually felt bored and unmotivated when they had to read, and it influenced their ability to read English.
Therefore, the teachers needed to create a way to increase the students’ motivation. One of the ways is through fables. As the second survey’s fulfillment, the writer
conducted the survey in two places, that is, SMP N 3 Sleman and ALPHA English Course Yogyakarta. It was done in order to gain the evaluation of the designed
materials from Junior High School teachers and English language instructors.
2. Subject
There were two research subjects in this study. The first subjects for the first survey were two Junior High School English teachers and 120 Junior High School
students grade one. They were the respondents of the survey on needs analysis. The questionnaire was distributed to the first grade students in order to find out the
students’ interest, whereas the interview was conducted to the Junior High School teachers in order to find out information about the students’ needs from the teacher’s
perception. The second subjects for the second survey were four Junior High School teachers and three English Language instructors.. They were the respondents to
obtain data for the designed material evaluation. All of them were female. All teachers and instructors had S1 degree. Two teachers had more than ten years
teaching experiences, while two teachers and the other three instructors had 1-5 years teaching experiences. The complete description of the respondents can be seen in
Table 2. The second distributed questionnaire was aimed at finding out whether the designed materials fulfilled the teachers’ and the students’ needs to facilitate them to
read English passages well in the form of fables, and whether the materials were
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suitable to improve students’ reading skills. In addition, it was also aimed at finding out the instructors’ feedback of the designed materials in order to improve the
designed materials.
Table 2. The Description of the Respondents Sex
Educational Background
Teaching Experience years
Group of Respondents
F M
D3 S1
S2 1-5
6-10 10
Teachers 4
4 2
2 Instructors
3 3
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C. Research Instruments
