distinguish the product with other products. The specification of the result of the product was presented on Table 3.1.
Table 3.1 Specification of a Set of English Reading Materials for Biology Teachers of SMAN 3 Yogyakarta
Product Specification
Name A Set of English Reading Materials for Biology Teachers
of SMAN 3 Yogyakarta Purpose Developing
and improving
learners’ Biology teachers’ English reading skill in Biology area.
User Biology teachers of SMAN 3 Yogyakarta
Language skill Reading
Teaching-Learning Approach
Content-Based Instruction
Syllabus Type Topic based syllabus
Time allocations Eight units in 16 x 90’ total meetings
Type of product Printed materials
The use of materials Materials used in an English Course for Biology
Teachers of SMAN 3 Yogyakarta Strategies
Individual work, group work Activities
Answering comprehension questions, matching words with their meanings, matching words with the described
pictures, discussion, problem solving, doing crosswords, stating true or false, choosing right answers, filling in the
blanks, stating opinions, writing comments, completing tables, finding synonyms, presenting result of discussion.
Media Texts, pictures, worksheets, newspapers
Evaluation tools Written assignment, presentation
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
