The First Draft of Materials

b. The Appropriateness of the Presentation

The second aspect to evaluate is the appropriateness of the presentation of the materials. The following table shows the results of the presentation appropriateness of Unit 1. Table 4.20 The Appropriateness of the Presentation of Unit 1 No Items Score 12 The developed tasks are well organized, systematically graded, grading from the easiest task up to the most difficult task. 3 13 There is good balance among the tasks in a unit with the tasks in the next unit 3 14 The developed tasks encourage students to perform written communication effectively 4 15 The developed tasks encourage the students to be creative 4 16 The developed tasks encourage students to learn independently 3 17 The developed tasks contain guided activities and free guided activities 4 18 The developed materials provide evaluation form for the students to check their understanding 3 19 There are warm up activities, main activities, and closing in the developed materials 3 20 The developed materials contain opening activities, main activities, and closing activities 4 21 The materials contain vocabulary that is related to the topic of the unit 4 Mean 3.5 The presentation appropriateness has a mean 3.5 which in the range of 3.50 ≤x≤4. The aspects of presentation such as tasks organization and task grading are considered good by the expert.

c. The Appropriateness of the Language

The third aspect concerns with the language appropriateness. This covers the language of materials instructions, texts, questions and explanations. The following table will discuss about the result of language appropriateness in unit 1. Table 4.21 The Appropriateness of the Language No Items Score 22 The language used are relevant to students’ cognitive development 3 23 The language of instruction can be easily understood by the students 3 24 The materials are developed in a grammatical English 3 25 The spelling of the language of instruction are in accordance with spelling principle 4 26 The choice of words of the materials are in accordance with words choice principle 4 27 The developed materials in a unit are linked to materials in the next unit 4 Mean 3.5 In term of language appropriateness, the developed materials need some revisions, especially the instructions of some tasks. Most of the mistakes are grammar errors and misspelling. There are also two tasks which need to be separated since the instructions can make the students confused. The mean of the third aspect is 3.5 which is considered as Very Good since the value is within the range of 3.50 ≤x≤4. d The Appropriateness of the Layout The fourth aspect to evaluate was the appropriateness of the layout. Things to evaluate related to the appropriateness of layout includes the fonts used in the