The First Draft of the Materials

72 a The Appropriateness of the Content The analysis of the content appropriateness is presented by Table 4.20 below. Table 4.20: The Appropriateness of the Contents of Unit 1 No. Statement Score 1. The materials are developed based on the basic competence self-introduction. 4 2. The developed materials are in line with the students’ goal to learn English which are to communicate using English both in oral and written accurately and appropriately in marketing work situation. 4 3. The topic of the materials is appropriate for the students of marketing study program. 4 4. The developed materials contain many dialogue texts of introducing oneself which are relevant to the students’ needs. 3 5. The developed materials expound the texts of introducing oneself in detail. 4 6. In general, the materials explain the social functions, text structures, and linguistic elements clearly. 4 7. The developed materials contain the expressions which are used to introducing oneself in workplace both formally and informally. 4 8. The developed materials provide sufficient input for listening and speaking skills in the form of short dialogues. 3 9. The developed materials provide some activities to improve the student’s skills in pronunciation. 3 10. The developed materials provide many technical terms in marketing. 3 11. The developed materials give an explanation about tense or sentence pattern to introduce oneself. 3 12. The developed materials provide reading input in the form of short functional text application letter. 3 13. The texts in the reading section are in medium-length and they help the students to understand the generic structure of application letter. 3 14. The materials are taken from the latest sources and relevant to the topic. 3 Total Score 48 0HDQ฀X 3.42 73 Table 4.20 shows the mean value of the appropriateness of the content of unit 1 is 3.42. It is categorized as “very good” as its position is in the interval 3.24 X ฀ ≤ 4. Related to this, the content of the materials in unit one is regarded appropriate. Although the content of the materials in unit one is categorized appropriate, there are some parts that still need to be revised. Firstly, it is better to avoid mentioning certain brands or company names which exist in the real world such as “Matahari”, “Galeria”, and “Kimia Farma”. Therefore, some names and brands in the materials should be changed. The expert suggested using imaginary names. The next part that should be considered is the phonetic transcriptions. The phonetic transcriptions of the words in vocabulary section were not well- printed. This problem would prevent the students to learn pronouncing words correctly. b The Appropriateness of the Language The analysis of the language appropriateness is presented by Table 4.21. Table 4.21: The Appropriateness of the Language of Unit 1 No. Statement Score 1. The instructions of the materials are comprehensible and suitable to the students’ cognitive development level. 3 2. The explanations of the materials are comprehensible and suitable to the students’ cognitive development level. 3 3. In general, the language which is used in unit 1 is clear and comprehensible. 3 4. The materials in this unit convey coherent meanings. 3 5. The texts in the materials reflect a unity of ideas. 3 Total Score 15 Mean Values ฀X 3.00 74 Table 4.21 above shows the mean value X ฀ of the appropriateness of the language in unit 1 is calculated 3.00. It is categorized as “good” as it is in the interval 2.5 X ฀ ≤3.24. In terms of language, there were some mistakes related to grammar. For example, in task 2, there was a statement “I want to know about the expressions to introduce yourself”. The word “yourself” should be “oneself”. In addition, the expert suggested not using capital letters at the beginning of phrases or words. Capital letters are only used at the beginning of sentences and names. Still related to the language, the instructions of the tasks in the step of “communicating findings” were not clear. For instance, in task 5, the instruction was “In groups of three, use the information you have to answer your questions. Then, report your answers to the other groups”. The words “your questions” in the instruction were not clear; which questions? Actually this task was presented to help the students find the answers of the questions that they had proposed in the step “questioning”. As the expert’s suggestion, the words “your questions” in the instruction should be changed into “the following questions”. c The Appropriateness of the Presentation The appropriateness of the presentation of unit 1 is shown by Table 4.22. Table 4.22: The Appropriateness of the Presentation of Unit 1 No. Statement Score 1. The materials present the introduction, main lesson, evaluation, reflection, summary, and glossary consistently. 3 2. The tasks are well-balanced. 3 3. The tasks are graded and sequenced based on the principles of 3