4. Unit Design and Development
a. Component of a Unit
A unit consists of some components. Richards 2001:264 lists a set of checklist to identify the quality of a unit. He argues that a unit of materials
should cover some criteria, such as: 1
Gives learners something they can take away from the lesson 2
Teaches something learners feel they can use 3
Gives learners a sense of achievement 4
Practice learning items in an interesting and novel way 5
Provides a pleasurable learning experience 6
Provides opportunities for success 7
Provide opportunities for individual practice 8
Provides opportunities for personalization 9
Provides opportunities for self-assessment of learning
From the list above, it is found that a unit of materials has some components. The components of a unit that are developed by the researcher
are: 1.
Introduction The first part of the unit in the course book will help students understand
the learning goal and the topic of the unit. The tasks presented in this part will help students form their own question regarding the topic and
provide basic information that they need in order to learn further from the unit.
2. Main Activities
In this section, students will explore more about the knowledge that they already have from the introduction. The students will learn four skills of
English through several tasks. This section will be developed based on the scientific steps.
3. Homework
This section aims to give students extra activity outside the classroom and to make them gain better understanding about knowledge that they
learn from the unit. 4.
Summary In this section, all the materials learned in the chapter are summarised.
This section helps students to finalise their understanding about the materials or to help them remembering the information that they forget.
5. Reflection
This section requires students to give feedbacks after they accomplish the unit. The format of reflection will guide them to give some feedbacks
about what they have learnt, what they like or dislike about the unit, and what they feel after accomplishing the unit.
6. Fun Activities
This section provides fun activities related to the field of patisserie. This section aims to colour the unit, so that the students find the unit is
interesting.
b. Framework for Unit Design and Development
Framework for unit design should be considered by the materials writers in developing materials in order to create well-structured units. The contents
of the units should be comprehensible and provide effective steps to make
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