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English workbook for grade VII students of junior high school, based on the principles of integrated approach, TBLT conceptual basis and framework, the use
of stories and multimedia materials.
1. For English Teachers
For English teachers who want to use the workbook in order to teach in the classroom as instructional materials, the researcher recommends them to read
the user’s manual carefully. The researcher highly recommends them to encourage the students to practice using English in the classroom and work with a partner or
in a group. The reason is because activities in the workbook are intended to develop communicative and collaborative learning. Therefore, it is necessary for
them to motivate the students so that they want to participate in the discussions, practice the conversation, and perform their skills.
For English teachers who want to use the workbook in order to support the main materials as supplementary materials, the researcher recommends them to
carefully plan certain procedure. They need to give an overview about the story at the beginning of the course and employ the workbook at least per one unit. The
reason is because the plot of the story and the tasks in each unit are one unity. Besides, it if they do not plan to employ one complete unit only take certain
tasks, they should not mention about the story or asked the students to find the content of the story.
2. For Grade VII Students of Junior High School
For the students who want to use the workbook in order to learn by themselves outside the classroom or at home as supplementary materials, the
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er recommends them to read the user’s manual carefully. The researcher highly recommends them to work with a partner or in a group. It is very important
because activities in the workbook are intended to develop communicative and collaborative learning. They can ask their friends or their family members to
participate in the discussions, practice the conversations, or evaluate their performances.
3. Recommendations for Material Designers and Other Researchers
For materials designers and other researchers who are interested to this research, the researcher greatly encourages them to conduct further research to
improve the quality of the workbook. The researcher encourages them to conduct the implementation because the researcher did not conduct it. The researcher also
encourages them to continue designing the contents of the workbook because the researcher was not able to finish developing the stories and the materials inside
the workbook for two semesters.
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