vocabulary for this unit is selected based on the input texts. Therefore, the vocabularies are mostly common words about diseases. The grammar for this
unit is reduced form since the input texts contain some reduced form phrases. In terms of grammar, gerunds are being discussed in Unit 3 since the input texts
consist of many gerunds. Procedures of Unit 3 are pre-task, task, language focus and practice. Each part shows a list of activities to perform.
d. Unit 4
The topic is of Unit 4 is
science in our daily lives
. The title of this unit is
t
oday, I’ll be talking about chemistry in our daily lives
.
The title is taken from one of the expression in Unit 4 which also indicates the expression of presenting.
The input texts in Unit 4 are in form of dialogue and monologues. They are about food and chemistry. The input pictures are related to presenting and
chemistry. The language functions for Unit 4 are
presenting
. This language function is considered the most difficult language functions among the other
three. The vocabulary for this unit is selected based on the topic and input texts. The vocabularies are mostly common words used in a presentation and related to
chemistry. In terms language features, grammar being discussed is infinitives and the pronunciation is pitch. The language focus for this unit is selected based on
the input texts. The procedures of this unit are pre-task, task, language focus and practice. Each part shows a list of activities to perform.
3. The Design of the Unit
After formulating the course grid, the researcher continues to the next
step of this study which is developing the materials. Each of unit in the materials
consists of some tasks which cover the speaking skill. In the introduction part, there are a unit title, a picture, and learning objectives. The unit title is taken form
one of the expressions explained in the related unit. The picture below the unit title describes the unit topic of the unit title. In the main teaching and learning
part, there are some sections namely
l
et’s start
, l
et’s practice, let’s study, let’s get more practice, let’s reflect, let’s summarize and
vocabulary list
. In the let’s start
section students are introduced the topic and the language that is related to the focus of the unit i.e. macro skill speaking and micro-skills vocabulary,
grammar, pronunciation, etc. In the let’s p
ractice
section, students are drilled by speaking activities. In the
“Let’s Study” section the students learn grammar, language functions and pronunciation. In the
“Let’s Get More Practice”
,
students get chance to do more speaking activities. In the
“Let’s Reflect”
,
students are given the opportunity to take an objective view of their progress and see what is
going well and what needs working on. In “Let’s
Summarize
” students summarize what they have learnt in a unit.
The Vocabulary List
consists of Indonesian versions of difficult words along with its part of speech and phonetic
transcript. In the last unit, the Appendix consists of audio transcripts of each recording.
