Design and Organization of textbook

Talking about sequence on basis of complexity, this book has fulfilled by placing the learning materials in sequence since ‘how to greet’ and ‘how to thank’ are easier than ‘how to take leave’ and ‘to apologize’. The investigation was not finished to this point. A deeper analysis was done and it was found that the book consists of 18 activities activity 1 to activity 18. There are five activities teaching and practicing ‘how to greet’. They are activity 1, 2, 3, 4 and 11. Figure 4.4 Aim of Chapter 1 Then, there are six activities presenting and practicing ‘how to thank’. They are activity 5, 6, 7, 8, 14 and 16. ‘How to take leave’ is presented and practiced in 2 activities only, namely activity 9 and 10. Finally, ‘how to apologize’ is also presented and practiced only in 2 activities, activity 17 and 18. In the prior paragraph, it seems that there is no problem about sequencing in terms of content. In contrary, the sequencing of the activity seems to be problematic since there is an activity which is misplaced. Activity 11 practicing ‘how to greet’, PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI but it is placed in activity number 11. It should be placed in activity 5. Activity 14 and 16 should be placed in activity 9 and 10. It is proven that actually this book, even the first chapter of this book does not seem well sequenced in term of complexity. Hence the result of the survey for this statement does not really represent the fact. As Richards 2001 suggested that in developing ELT materials, developers must consider the sequencing of the content. They must determine which content need to be placed prior to other content. Table 4.5 Complexity Level of the Activity Another related topic to be discussed is the scope of the content. As Richards 2001 purposed that material developer must consider the scope of content. It means how many meetings students need to learn a certain topic. Developers must be able to determine such detail. They have to know whether or not the time allocation is Chapter Activity Topic Complexity level 1= lowest level, 5= highest level 1 1 How to greet 1 2 3 4 5 How to thank 2 6 7 8 9 How to take leave 3 10 11 How to greet 1 12 How to greet and take leaver 1 and 3 13 How to thank 2 14 15 How to ask for help favor 5 16 How to thank 2 17 How to apologize 4 18