29 other information related to the planned development. Data and information were
gathered from journals and books.
2. Material Development
In the material development, the writer applied step 2 and 3 of R D cycle, they were Planning and Developing Preliminary Form of Product.
In the planning step, the writer defined skills, stated objectives, and determined course sequence. The objectives offered the basis of developing an
instructional program since the program could be tested and revised until it met the objectives. The data gathered from research and information collecting was
used to determine the objectives and subject contents of the designed exercises. Furthermore, the data would be used to design the syllabus.
In this study, the development of the preliminary form of the product included the preparation of the exercises, website, and evaluation devices. It was
useful to create appropriate exercises for the tenth grade students of SMA Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta.
3. Post – design Study
In the post-design study, the writer used steps 4 and 5 of R D cycle. They were Preliminary Field Testing and Main Product Revision.
Preliminary testing was conducted to obtain evaluation, judgment, suggestions of the designed exercises. The comments and opinions would be used
to revise and improve the designed exercises. There were five evaluators. They were two English teachers of SMA Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta and three lecturers of
30 English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. The
evaluation data were collected by using questionnaire. The evaluation data was used to conduct the fifth step, Main Product
Revision. This step was conducted to revise and improve the designed exercises. The results of questionnaire were used to revise and improve the exercises design.
In order to provide a clear description about what was explained above, the writer made a figure of steps of the writer’s model, which fitted the steps of R
D cycle.
Figure 3.1: R D Cycle and the Writer’s Model R D Cycle
Planning Research and Information
Collecting
Developing Preliminary Form of Product
Developing Preliminary Field Testing
Evaluation
The Writer’s Model
Conducting Needs Survey
Determining Goals and General Purposes
Evaluating the Designed Activities
Specifying Learning Objectives
Listing and Organizing Subject
Contents
Selecting TeachingLearning
Activities
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B. Research Participants
In this part, there were two kinds of discussion. The first discussion is about the participants in the pre-design study and the second will describe the
participants for post-design study.
1. Participants of Pre – design Study
In this section, there were two groups of participants involved. The first group was four of eight classes of tenth grade students of SMA Stella Duce 1
Yogyakarta for the participants of questionnaire. They are students of 2010 – 2011 academic years. The writer chose the tenth grade students in this study since they
learnt English and they experienced learning Information and Communication Technology.
The second group was the tenth grade English teachers of SMA Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta. There were two teachers who taught English in tenth grade.
The writer expected valuable input from the teachers especially about the implementation of Computer Assisted Language Learning in the teaching learning
process.
2. Participants of Post – design Study
The participants of the Preliminary Field Testing step were English teachers of SMA Stella Duce 1 Yogyakarta and lecturers of English Language
Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University who have possessed adequate teaching experience. Based on their teaching experiences, it was
expected that they were able to evaluate the designed exercises. In this study, there were five participants involved. The participants were two English teachers
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