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2,000,000.00, however 96 parents have lower salary than the average, 84 parents have more salary than the average, 17 parents have the average salary and the rest
are not provided in the data. The highest salary of the students’ parents is IDR 13,000,000.00 who works as private employee and the lowest salary is IDR
120,000.00 who works as labor. Therefore, the writer concludes that the students have average economical background.
The designed materials will consider the school’s profile and the students’ background. Moreover, for the consideration when the school got low average
score for the English subject in the National Exam. The materials aim to prepare the students face the National Exam in English subject, especially in listening
section. The economic background of the students is also considered to develop the materials. For some students who have average and lower economical
background, school will be the only place to learn English and other subjects. Some students could not achieve to learn outside the school in educational
institution. Therefore, the materials will be suited to the students who have an average and lower economical background since this school has the majority of
these groups.
2. Planning
In planning, the writer started with stating the goals and listing the topics, stating objectives, listing the subject content, and selecting teaching learning
activities adapted from the curriculum implemented in SMPN 2 Yogyakarta which is School-Based Curriculum KTSP 2006. The data from Research and
37 information collecting were used as the basis to state the goal, objectives, topics of
materials, and the activities.
3. Development of preliminary of product
In this step, the writer started to develop the materials using task-based language teaching. The materials of the design referred to the School-based
curriculum so that it would be appropriate for the seventh grade students of the
first semester of SMPN 2 Yogyakarta.
4. Preliminary field testing
In this step, the writer did the evaluation of the product or designed materials. The materials were evaluated by the experts who were two lecturers of
English Language Education Study Program and two English teachers of SMPN 2 Yogyakarta. The questionnaires were distributed to obtain feedback and
improvement from the experts to revise the materials.
5. Main product revision
In this step, the writer revised the designed materials based on the feedback given in the preliminary field testing from the experts who were two
lecturers of English Language Education Study Program and two English teachers of SMPN 2 Yogyakarta. The feedback and information would be analyzed to be
the basis of revising the product. Therefore, the final version of the materials would be appropriate to be applied in the learning activities in the class.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the research findings and discussion of each step in designing English listening materials using task-based language teaching for
seventh grade students of SMPN 2 Yogyakarta. This chapter answers one research problem. The discussion is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the
result of the steps in designing materials and the second part presents the final version of the materials.
A. The Steps in Designing Materials
In this part of discussion, the writer presents the findings of the steps used in designing materials. The writer uses R D cycle as the method of this study.
The steps used here are already suited with Kemp’s Design. The steps are presented as follows:
1. Research and Information Collecting
The first step done in this study was identifying students’ characteristics. It aimed to find out students’ capabilities, needs, and interests. In this section, the
writer presents the result of the questionnaires distributed to the seventh grade students and the interview result from the teachers of SMPN 2 Yogyakarta.
Questionnaires distributed are meant to find out the learners’ characteristics, and the method used in teaching listening activity. The interview for the teachers is
