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6. Social and Cultural Contexts
Table 4.7 Social and Cultural Contexts Evaluation
No. Social and Cultural Contexts Criteria
Criteria Fulfilment W1 W2 W3
1. The social and cultural contexts in the book are
comprehensible. 1 1 1
2. The content of the book is free from stereotypical
images and information. 1 1 1
3. Students can learn about the inner lives of the
characters used in the book. 1 1 1
4. The book expresses positive views of ethnic origins,
occupation, age groups, social groups and disability. 1 1 1
Total 4 4 4
Percentage 100 100 100
In Social and Cultural Contexts Aspect, all workbooks fulfilled all criteria:
comprehensible social and cultural contexts, free from stereotypical images and information, positive views in social and cultural aspects, and also, the students could
learn about the inner lives of some characters from the books. This valued the three workbooks 100 fulfilment and they were considered as good books in the Social
and Cultural Contexts Aspect.
7. Language Skills
Table 4.8 Language Skills Evaluation
No. Language Skills Criteria
Criteria Fulfilment W1 W2 W3
1. The book covers four skills adequately.
2. There is material for integrated skills work.
1 1
1 3.
Listening material is well recorded, as authentic as possible, and accompanied by background
information, questions, and activities. 0 0 0
4. There is sufficient reading material. There is a
range of varied and interesting reading text that can 0 0 1
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No. Language Skills Criteria
Criteria Fulfilment W1 W2 W3
engage students cognitively and effectively. 5.
There is sufficient material for speaking English e.g. dialogues, role-plays, etc..
1 1 1 6.
Writing activities are suitable in terms of length, degree of accuracy, and amount of guidance.
1 1 1 Total
3 3 4 Percentage
50 50 66.6
Language Skills Aspect had six criteria and Workbook 1 and Workbook 2
fulfilled three criteria: availability of materials for integrated skills work, sufficient speaking material, and suitable writing activities. These three criteria gave 50
fulfilment, so those workbooks had sufficient fulfilment. Workbook 3 fulfilled more criteria. Workbook 3 had three criteria fulfilled by Workbook 1 and Workbook 2,
plus a criterion of sufficient reading material. This brought 66.6 fulfilment and it indicated that Workbook 3 was also sufficient.
8. Teachability
Table 4.9 Teachability Evaluation
No. Teachability Criteria
Criteria Fulfilment W1 W2 W3
1. The book helps teachers to minimize their
preparation time. 1 1 1
2. The book helps teachers exploit the activities to
meet the students’ expectations. 1 1 1
3. The book helps teachers cater for mixed ability
students and classes of different sizes. 1 1 1
Total 3 3 3
Percentage 100 100 100
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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
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