Method Learning activities Materials Difficulty level

122 Result of Design Validation Interview Raw Data Date of Interview : February 7, 2009 Respondent : Th. Eka Oktavianti, S. Pd. English teacher of SMA PL Van Lith

A. Objectives of the design

• The designed learning activities have matched to the objectives of the design. The learning activities have met the students’ needs to be a good storytelling. There are various activities that include the basic information and practice of storytelling up to the final performance as the last part of the activities in the end of the semester.

B. Method

• Communicative Language Teaching CLT has been reflected from the designed learning activities. It can be seen from the learning activities which are based on the learning objectives. The learning activities focus more on students’ role in the communication. • CLT is an applicable method to facilitate storytelling learning activities. This method facilitates the learning activities which focus more on the learners as the doers of the learning activities. CLT is able to improve students’ English speaking skill since it provides more chances for the students to speak n the classroom. • Besides CLT, TPR could be a new recommendation to be applied in facilitating students’ English speaking practice.

C. Learning activities

• There are various activities in the design which mostly done by the students. It is clear that the teacher plays role as a facilitator to guide the learning activities. • The learning activities can be used by anyone as long heshe learn the designed learning activities. 123 • Through the evaluation activity, the students are able to develop their critical thinking. They may share their opinions about their friends’ storytelling performances. • The pre-activities, whilst-activities and post-activities are well developed in this design. There is no suggestion about how to develop these components in the design. The instruction in the learning activities is clear enough. All Instructors will be able to follow the instruction.

D. Materials

• The materials have facilitated the learning activities. There are many interesting pictures that will help students to dig out their creativity. The enclosed materials have fulfill the students’ needs. • The enclosed materials are applicable to be applied in other time or in other placeschool as long there is reference of the materials so that the instructors might easily find the required materials.

E. Difficulty level

• In general, the language and vocabularies which are used in the designed storytelling learning activities are accordance with the students’ needs. However, the difficulty level of the language and the vocabularies depend on the instructors themselves.

F. Strengths of the design