DEVELOPING SUPPLEMENTARY ENGLISH READING AND WRITING MATERIALS FOR VII GRADESTUDENTS OF SPORT GROUP CLASS OF SMP N 2 TEMPEL

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: (1) to identify the target needs of VII grade students of sport group class of SMP N 2 Tempel in learning reading and writing, (2) to identify the learning needs of VII grade students of sport group class of SMP N 2 Tempel in learning reading and writing, and (3) to develop the appropriate supplementary English reading and writing materials for VII grade students of sport group class of SMP N 2 Tempel. This study is a Research and Development (R&D) study employing Jolly and Bolitho’s model in Tomlinson (1998) with five steps. The subjects of this study were 32 students of VII E class of SMP N 2 Tempel. For the instruments, there were needs analysis questionnaire and expert judgement questionnaire. The data from the needs analysis were analysed quantitatively using frequency and percentage. The result of it was used to develop the course grid. The data from the expert judgement were analysed quantitatively through descriptive statistics. The suggestions from the expert were used to revise the first draft of the materials. The product of this study is a set of supplementary English reading and writing materials entitled “Sporty English” for VII grade students of sport group class of SMP N 2 Tempel. Based on the result of the expert judgement, the score of the developed materials were 3.38 which is in the interval 3.25 ≤ x ≤ 4 and is categorized as “very good”. Thus it can be concluded that the supplementary English reading and writing material is appropriate for the VII grade students of sport group class of SMP N 2 Tempel.

Keywords:     Supplementary material, Reading, Writing