The Use of Course Book Additional Character
commit to user
Based on two definitions above, it can be inferred that textbook is one of instructional materials that is used in teaching and learning process. It is a collection of knowledge, concepts and principles of selected
topics which is usually written by teachers or education experts who authorities in specific field. One aspect value of textbook is it must be qualified. Textbook must have acceptable level of quality,
usefulness and appropriateness for content and users
Puskurbuk,
2005: 28. Richards and Schmidt 2002: 322 define textbook evaluation as a process of measuring the values and effectiveness of textbook. It
aims to find out the components of learning materials which need to be fixed and improved for the shake of learning outcome improvement.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY This research aimed at developing a model of character-based English supplementary materials based on
2013 curriculum for Junior High School students. A design-based research DBR methodology was applied in order to develop the product of character-based English learning materials based on 2013
curriculum for Junior High School students to solve the education problems happened in class target.
This design-based research used qualitative approach to find out a specific style of English materials for character building based on 2013 curriculum. In addition, the materials have character building activities
to develop the students’ national characters.
The phases of design-based research which were proposed by Plomp 2007 were used to conduct this research. The phases consisted of preliminary, prototyping and assessment. Preliminary consisted of need
analysis and literature review. Prototyping consisted of drawing the blue print of prototype, making the draft of prototype and expert validation. Assessment phase consisted of final prototype, try out and final
product.
This research took 36 students, English teacher and the government course book for Junior High School students used in class target as the main sources of data. From English teacher and students, the
researcher dug up information dealing with the needs of English teaching and learning sources as the implementation of 2013 curriculum in Junior High School. Besides, the course book analysis of
government English course book for Junior High School students in class target became guidance in conducting the additional materials of English lesson for Junior High School students.
There were two types of data collected in this research, namely: quantitative and qualitative data. Quantitative data came from questionnaire. Qualitative data on the other hand were gathered from the
interview and observation. The quantitative data were analyzed by using
Likert
scale. Meanwhile, qualitative data were analyzed by using qualitative data analysis model which proposed by Miles and
Huberman 1994. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
Preliminary Research 1.
Pre-observation
English teacher and students in class target hoped to have an additional book which was designed to cover the lacks of English government course book for Junior High School students. The reason were:
1 English teacher in class target only used English government course book for Junior High School students as the source of materials and 2 the English learning materials which were proposed by the
Indonesian government were not adequately to be used as English materials. There were some lacks found in English government course book for Junior High School students dealing with the
implementation of English language skills and character education values.