Learning Objectives Stories CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION

201 No. Before After 2. There were some grammatical mistakes in the comic strips and the tasks. Subject inconsistency Tenses inconsistency. Missing verbs. Singular and plural mark inconsistency Missing capital letters Incorrect prepositions and conjunctions Missing punctuation Incorrect arrangement of the complex sentences Word cutting The researcher rechecked and revised the grammar. 3. In some parts, the vocabulary was too difficult. use of technical terms, e.g. prominent, amulets, battle ship, patisserie, whisk, substance, etc. The researcher provided clues pictures or contexts. The researcher provided more vocabulary exercises.

G. Social and Cultural Contexts of the Stories

1. Some parts of the stories did not show appropriate language that applied or related to certain culture. In Unit 4, the context of the written messages did not show the politeness. The researcher rechecked and revised the context and the language. 2. There was no clear example that showed the relation The researcher added some language expressions and 202 No. Before After between language and culture. Most of the characters involved in the stories are western people. There was no particular characteristic that show different cultural context. explanation that showed certain cultural contexts.

H. Tasks

1. Some instructions of the task were not clear Example: The researcher rechecked and revised the instructions. The researcher provided an instruction for the Let’s Play tasks. 2. Most of the vocabulary tasks were not varied. Most of the tasks were finding the meaning of the difficult words. The researcher provided some different types of vocabulary task, e.g. completing noun phrases, picture- clue identification, completing picture-clue sentences, and guessing the synonyms. 203 No. Before After 3. The listening tasks did not cover all of the desired degree of mastery The researcher only provided filling the blanks activity. The researcher provided some different types of listening task, e.g. statement analysis true-false sentences, object identification, and sequence identification procedure.