Research and Information Collecting Planning

35 validating material. In order to make a qualified and applicable educational design product, the researcher put an effort in developing the instructional design that was in line with RD cycle. However, concerning the needs of the study, there were five steps of RD plan that would be conducted, namely: 1 Research and Information Collecting, 2 Planning, 3 Developing Preliminary Form of Product, 4 Preliminary Field Testing, and 5 Final Product Revision. As explained in the second chapter of this paper, the researcher created the instructional listening materials by adapting Kemp’s Instructional Design Model and RD plan. Later in the process of design process, Task-based Language Teaching theories would be added. The researcher’s instructional design had to be brought into line with the research and development method to arrange effective steps of designing the listening materials using animated movies, as discussed in the following explanation.

1. Research and Information Collecting

This researcher began the study by identifying learners’ characteristics. Similar with its name, this stage was provided for the researcher to gather information about the students’ needs and characteristics. In addition, the information about supporting aspects like school environments, common teaching learning process, etc, would also be collected. The result of the information collecting was useful as consideration in conducting the design process. Hence, the researcher could be able to develop instructional materials that met the students’ needs and characteristics. 36

2. Planning

In planning stage, the researcher specified goals of the study, identified learning objectives, and listed subject content. The goal of the study was in line with the Standard Competences of School-Based Curriculum. The Standard Competences was specified into Basic Competences. The statements of Basic Competences were used to mention the performances that the students would obtain in the end of the lesson. Afterwards, using the formulation of Standard Competences and Basic Competences, the researcher formulated the learning objectives. The objectives covered detailed descriptions of what the students were able to do after completing the instructional materials. The descriptions of the learning objectives were put as indicators of the lesson.

3. Developing Preliminary Form of Product