%I UNIVERSITAS NEGERI YOGYAKARTA
%D 2012
%T DEVELOPING WRITING MATERIALS BY USING A GENRE-BASED APPROACH FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 4 PLAYEN GUNUNGKIDUL
%L UNY9373
%X The objectives of this study are: (1) to identify the needs of English
writing materials in SMP N 4 Playen and (2) to design appropriate English writing
materials for the eighth grade students of SMPN 4 Playen.
This study was a research and development (R & D) study. This study was
conducted through the following steps: needs analysis, course grid writing,
materials design, expert validation, materials revision, try-out, and final draft
writing. The data were collected by using questionnaire, documentation, and
interview guideline. The quantitative data were analyzed by using the descriptive
statistics, and the qualitative data were analyzed qualitatively.
This study designed three units. Each unit consists of nine tasks which are
organized into six stages. Those are Let’s Begin, Let’s Move, Focus In, Find Your
Partner, Do It Yourself and Summary. This study indicated that appropriate
English writing materials for SMPN 4 Playen have the following features. The
input texts used in the materials are pictures and list of vocabulary. Regarding the
procedure, answering the text questions, finding the meaning of the vocabulary,
making a sentence, a paragraph, and a text were appropriate. Individual work, pair
work and group work were the appropriate setting. Being active participant was an
appropriate learner’s role. The teacher as a prompter, facilitator, controller,
organizer, feedback and suggestion provider was appropriate teacher roles.
%A Satriani Midika Devy