accomplishments. One condition which either normal or autistic students have, that is they have the same right as human being they have the right to be
educated.
2.3 Theoretical Framework
The theoretical review presented above leads the author to assume that teaching autistic learners contains burdens since they have many characteristics that are
different from the normal learners, especially in their difficulty of making social interaction with other people. For this, materials development is being an
essential element in a teaching-learning process because it is a way of teacher in transferring material to the students to get maximum result. By using a set of
developed-teaching amterials hopefully that the achievement of the autistic students will b improved and maximalized
Mind Map Existing materials
Analysis
Result Students’ needs
analysis
Materials Development
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
Developer uses qualitative study by using reasearch and development method based on an observed situation in a teaching-learning activity of English for
autism students in SLB YPAC Semarang. This research is aimed to develop the existing English language materials to be more practicaland more interesting for
the autism students to follow. The materials includes team-work which will build social interaction between autism students and teachers as we know that children
with autism are lack of social interactions.
3.1 Research Design
As it is mentioned earlier, the writerattempts to carry out a qualitative study using research and development method. This part will explain about the
methodologies of the research she proposes for.
3.1.1Qualitative Study
The result of Qualitative research is determined by the description analysis and interpretation. According to Mujiyanto:
A qualitative research is aimed to gain deeper understanding of a specific area. It aims to provide
an explicit rendering ofthe structure, order and broad patterns whis are found among a group of
participants. Mujiyanto, 2009:25
Based on Mujiyanto’s explanation 2009:25, a qualitative reasearch is a scientfic research
consistsof an
investigation that
1seeks answers
to a
