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H. Materials Final Revision

The researcher revised and improved some parts of the workbook based on the results of the materials validation. The purpose is to improve the quality of the workbook. However, the researcher did not follow all of the practitioner and experts‟ feedbacks and comments because the researcher had to consider that some changes in the workbook were difficult to administer and could change the framework. The revision was done in all nine elements in the workbook.

1. Revision of the General Appearance

The researcher changed the font types with the simpler, clear, and bigger font types. The researcher changed the title into “The Blacks” because the stories in this workbook were about a mission of a detective to find the member of the Black family. The researcher added more explanation on the general description of the designed workbook. The researcher pr ovided a user‟s manual, for teacher and students.

2. The Revision of the Design and Illustration

The researcher rearranged the layout. The researcher provided more blank spaces and white spaces. The researcher changed some font sizes or the font types that were bigger and clearer. The researcher changed some font and background colors. The researcher rechecked and revised the use of the headings and italics. For the unclear pictures, the researcher found that it was because different printer produced different quality. Therefore, the researcher did not change the pictures.

3. Revision of the Supporting Materials

The researcher rechecked and revised the instructions. The researcher provided some instructions related to the multimedia materials in the workbook. 135 The researcher rechecked and revised the answer key. The researcher provided pictures to show the correct arrangement of the jumbled texts. The researcher provided more criteria to show the correct answers of the grammar, writing, and creative tasks.

4. Revision of the Learning Objectives

The researcher rechecked and revised the learning objectives. The researcher also rechecked and revised the formulations of goals. Then, the researcher decided to provide goals in the cover of each unit. The reason was because it would be easier for the students to know the purpose of the activities by reading the goals rather than reading the learning objectives.

5. Revision of the stories

The researcher did not change the context of the situations in the stories because it had been the framework of the stories. Besides, the context did not significantly influence the materials. The researcher did not change the plot of the story because it would spend too much time. Besides, misunderstanding on the story would not affect the success of the learning and teaching process.

6. Revision of the Language

The researcher rechecked and revised the language. The researcher provided clues and repeated the use of the unfamiliar names of persons and places. The researcher tried to find commonly used English sound effects to complete the comic strips. The researcher rechecked and revised the grammar. The researcher provided clues pictures or contexts to make the language clear. The researcher also provided more vocabulary exercises. Therefore, the students could find the meaning of some difficult words in the story.