Developing Reading Tasks for Autonomous Learning for Grade X Students of Senior High School 1 Sleman

Wahyuningsih, Sungkawati Kardi (2013) Developing Reading Tasks for Autonomous Learning for Grade X Students of Senior High School 1 Sleman. S2 thesis, UNY.

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Abstract

This research study was aimed at developing reading tasks for autonomous learning for grade X students of Senior High School 1 Sleman to help the students improve their reading skills independently. This research was a Research and Development study that included the steps of needs analysis, course grid design, product development, product validation, product revision, try-out, and final product development. The respondents involved in the study included one content and instructional expert, two methodology experts, one graphics expert, 100 students of Senior High School 1 Sleman for needs analysis, and 63 students of Senior High School 1 Sleman for try-out. The data were collected through questionnaire, interview, and observation. The instruments of data collection were questionnaire, interview guide, and observation sheet. The data were analyzed descriptively. This research developed five units of reading tasks for autonomous learning namely: Invitation, Beaches, Ceremony, Legend, and Myth. The reading tasks were developed according to the needs analysis data. The need of grade X students of Senior High School 1 Sleman in learning reading autonomously is to improve their reading skills. The needs of grade X students of Senior High School 1 Sleman in learning reading autonomously in reference to the target need is the goal of learning reading autonomously to improve the students’ lacks in reading skills. The needs of grade X students of Senior High School 1 Sleman in learning reading autonomously in reference to the learning needs are (1) the input in the form of picture illustration and vocabulary list. The text consists of two to three paragraphs; (2) the procedure varies from stating true or false, matching the questions with the clues, completing paragraphs, and answering multiple choice and essay questions; (3) the learners’ role is as the active reader to find information; (4) the teacher’s role is as the feedback giver; and (5) the time allocation is 90 minutes individually. The appropriate reading tasks for autonomous learning for grade X students of Senior High School 1 Sleman are give clear instructions, describe the language skills clearly, look nice, give a lot practice, give feedback and give answers or let the learners know how to complete the tasks, give examples and tell the learners how to learn best. The needs-related appropriate reading tasks for autonomous learning for grade X students of Senior High School 1 Sleman in terms of their components are (1) the goal of learning reading autonomously is to improve the students’ reading skills; (2) the input presents interesting pictures which help the students understand the information; (3) the procedure presents interesting and enjoyable activities; (4) the learners’ role is as the active reader to find information; (5) the teacher’s role is the feedback giver; and (6) the setting is individual work. The needs-related arrangement of the components of appropriate reading tasks for autonomous learning for grade X students of Senior High School 1 Sleman in terms of their organisations are arranged into four stages, namely: introduction, activities, self-assessment, and check your achievement. The try-out data indicate that the components of the reading tasks are appropriate according to the mean of the students’ agreement ranging from 3.67 to 4.32 on a 5-1 Likert scale.

Item Type:	Thesis (S2)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	develop, reading, tasks, autonomous
Subjects:	Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Divisions:	Sekolah Pascasarjana (SPS) > Program Pascasarjana > Linguistik Terapan
Depositing User:	Users 57 not found.
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2016 04:50
Last Modified:	29 Nov 2022 07:14
URI:	http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/30459

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