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A. Overall Result

In this section the average overall result is shown per criterion. The average is found by scaling 1 to 4. 1 means strongly disagree, 2 means disagree, 3 means agree and 4 means strongly agree. This means, if the overall result is bellow 2, it can be considered as disagreement or dislike or showing negative attitude. In the other hand, if the overall result is above 2, it can be considered as agreement or like or showing positive attitude. Table 2. The average of overall result of four criterions indicating students’ attitude toward the use of authentic materials No. Criterion Overall Result 1. Suitability of Content 3.0 2. Exploitability 3.1 3. Readability 2.7 4. Variety and Presentation 3.2 Chart 1. The average of overall result of four criterions indicating students’ attitude toward the use of authentic materials 16 Based on the table and chart above Table 2 and Chart 1, in four criterions share the same result positive result in common. ‘Variety and Presentation’ is the criterion, which has most agreement or positive result; its value is 3.2 out of 4. Then, it is followed by ‘Exploitability’ with 3.1 out of 4. Then, ‘Suitability of Content’ with 3.0 out of 4, and the last ‘Readability’ with 2.7 out of 4 scale. From, the table and the chart above it can be concluded that students have most positive attitude in Variety and Presentation criterion among the four criterions indicating students’ attitude, but in common the participants show positive attitude toward the use of authentic material. If it is seen from its content in each criterion it is found the answer why ‘variety and presentation’ has more value, because on this criterion contains two question items that has relation on how the materials look like. Berardo 2006 stated that the appearance of the materials seemed to be insignificant aspect of the materials, but it will be the first thing that students notice. Homolova 2010 believed that teachers should stress the learning of English through various types of visuals, it will create non-threatening atmosphere for the learners or students and they will love the materials. It is no doubt, as it is known additional layouts like picture, illustration and font are rarely found in textbooks.

B. Result per Criterion