B. Research Participants
There were two steps in the research which employed research participants in obtaining data for answering research problems. The first step was research and
information collecting step. In the step, research participants were needed in accomplishing needs analysis. The participants were three Biology teachers of
SMAN 3 Yogyakarta. They were chosen because of their needs to communicate in English for accomplishing their profession’s demand and improvement of
education quality. The writer distributed the needs questionnaire sheets and conducted interviews which were aimed to discover the target needs and the
learning needs. The research was held in school where they worked, that was in SMAN 3 Yogyakarta. In addition, the writer interviewed an English teacher of the
school to gain some information in accordance with the needs and the characteristics of the Biology teachers.
The second step was field-test-revised cycle which was meant to evaluate the designed materials. In this part, the writer conducted preliminary field testing
in which it also needed research participants to evaluate the designed materials. Thus, the respondents were three Biology teachers as well. Here, the writer also
distributed evaluation questionnaires and conducted interview. The purpose of the research was to obtain feedback about the designed materials in order to improve
the designed materials. The feedback would be the consideration for revising the designed materials. Besides, the writer conducted expert validation. The
participants were an English teacher of SMAN 3 Yogyakarta and two English lecturers from English Education Department of Sanata Dharma University. The
reason why they were chosen as the participants for expert validation of the designed materials because they had a lot of experiences in English teaching
learning processes and accustomed to the materials development. Expert validation was conducted by distributing questionnaires and interviewing them.
C. Research Instruments
The writer used questionnaires and interview as the main instruments both in research and information collecting and preliminary field testing.
1. Questionnaire Sheet
According to Ary et al. 1979: 175 a questionnaire is divided into two types: structured or closed form and unstructured or open form. A structured or
closed form contains the questions and alternative answers. This is used to ease the respondents in answering the questions because they only choose the available
options. Meanwhile, the unstructured or open form is used to obtain more information from the respondents. Thus, it does not include suggested answers.
In conducting the research, the writer combined both types of questionnaire forms since the closed form was not enough to collect necessary
information from the respondents. The information needed to be collected was about their interest in English, the needs of English dealing with the learners’
occupation as teachers in school which applied Kelas Rintisan SMA Bertaraf Internasional, and their English skills which were needed to be developed. Those
were intended to the research and information collecting. Meanwhile, the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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