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Teachability Aspect had three criteria the same as Topic Content Aspect and
Social and Cultural Contexts Aspect, the three workbooks had fulfilled all criteria and indicated as good workbooks in Teachability Aspect.
9. Flexibility
Table 4.10 Flexibility Evaluation
No. Flexibility Criteria
Criteria Fulfilment W1 W2 W3
1. The book is appealing and useful to the students.
1 1
1 2.
The book caters for different levels of formality. 1
1 3.
The book provides opportunity for teachers and students to localise activities.
1 1 1 4.
The book caters for different preferred learning styles.
1 1 1 Total
4 3 4 Percentage
100 75 100
In Flexibility Aspect, Workbook 1 and Workbook 3 had fulfilled all the
criteria provided and were considered good workbooks, while Workbook 2 had one criterion which was not fulfilled. Workbook 2 did not cater for different levels of
formality and it gave 75 fulfilment for Workbook 2 which indicated as fair workbook in Flexibility Aspect.
10. Practice and Testing
Table 4.11 Practice and Testing Evaluation
No. Practice and Testing Criteria
Criteria Fulfilment W1 W2 W3
1. The book provides a variety of meaningful and
1
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No. Practice and Testing Criteria
Criteria Fulfilment W1 W2 W3
mechanical exercises and activities to practice language items and skills.
2. It provides communicative exercises and activities
that help students carry out their communicative task in real life.
1 1 1 3.
Every exercise has a clear direction. 1
1 4.
There is a reasonable and appropriate number of exercises.
1 1 1 5.
The tests are valid and contain correct language. 6.
The book provides periodical revisions for diagnostic purposes.
0 0 0 7.
The book provides models for final achievement tests.
1 1 1 Total
4 4 4 Percentage
57.1 57.1 57.1
In Practice and Testing Aspect, Workbook 1 and Workbook 2 had four
fulfilments. Workbook 1 provided communicative exercises and activities with clear instruction and reasonable numbers, and Workbook 1 also provided final achievement
tests. Workbook 3 also had four fulfilments; they were availability of various meaningful and mechanical exercises and activities to practice language items and
skills, availability of communicative exercises and activities with reasonable numbers and Workbook 3 also provided final achievement tests. The achievement of 57.1
fulfilment led the three workbooks got sufficient fulfilment. As presented in Table 4.1 on page 40, Workbook 1 and Workbook 3 have
72.5 fulfilment for all criteria in all aspects. This achievement leads the two
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workbooks as fair workbooks. English teachers may use Workbook 1 but teachers must pay more attention and give correction to misspelt words which frequently
occur, and teachers also provide listening and pronunciation tasks for the students since there is a lack of listening and pronunciation tasks in Workbook 1. The same
case, English teacher may use Workbook 3 either, but teachers must be very careful of grammar mistakes and misspelt words which are frequently found in this
workbook. On the other hand, Workbook 2 has less achievement. After overall calculation, Workbook 2 gets 64.7 fulfilment for all criteria in all aspects. This
gives Workbook 2 sufficient fulfilment as a workbook. There are many requirements for teachers who want to use this workbook. Teachers must give extra attention to
unclear type, illustration, grammar mistakes, and misspelt words. Besides, teachers must provide more listening and pronunciation tasks which are rarely found in
Workbook 2.
B. Description of Criteria Fulfilment