48 Based on the questionnaires distributed to the respondents, the results
showed that the materials were good enough; for the mode of the fifteen statements were 4. The writer concluded that the respondents agreed that the
materials were appropriate for the fourth graders of SDN Bogem 2 Sleman Yogyakarta
. The questionnaires were also in a form of open-ended questions. It enabled the respondents to give more feedback and comments on the materials.
The writer raised questions about the respondents’ opinion, the strengths and weaknesses of the materials, and the suggestions about the designed materials.
The materials evaluation was done twice. The elaboration of each is as follows.
a. The first evaluation
In the first evaluation, there were some feedback, criticism, and suggestions obtained from the three experts. Generally, the materials were good and well-
developed. However, there were several points that need to be reconsidered in revising the materials. The feedback, criticism, and suggestions were as follows.
1. The materials were well-developed considering the age of the learner who
needs various activities. 2.
The materials were equipped with Teacher’s manual along with the sample of teacher’s talk and students’ talk. It really helped teacher to ensure the
availability of spoken English exposure. 3.
Some illustrations were good. It really showed Indonesian context. 4.
The materials did not really succeed in addressing the intelligence equally.
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The writer should find a way to develop intrapersonal intelligence through speaking activity because the activities provided could not develop their
speaking skill. 6.
In some pages, the layout was too crowded. 7.
Some of the teacher’s talk was too wordy. It did not help the children to go for meaning.
8. There were no criteria for assessment.
9. There were some grammatical mistakes in the materials designed. The
writer should revise it to give a good model of how the language is used. All feedback, comments, criticism, and suggestions from the expert became
the guidelines in revising the materials.
b. The second evaluation
After the writer evaluated the materials based on the first evaluation by the experts, the writer gave the materials designed to the experts in order to get more
comments and suggestions about the revised materials. From the result obtained, all of respondents agreed that the materials were getting better. However, there
were still some points that needed to be revised. Based on the result of questionnaire, one of the respondents noted that the materials began with written
English to spoken English. On the other hand, the materials would suit a more traditional teacher while at the same time attempting to increase students’
opportunity to speak. The other comments were that the writer should reconsider a few activities, make the assessment criteria that reflect the indicators, and be more
50 accurate with her English; for there were still a few grammatical mistakes in the
materials.
5. Main Product Revision
