19. The developed materials are in accordance with the steps of the
six-step procedures proposed by Nunan 2004; schema building, controlled practice, authentic reading practice, focus
on linguistic elements, provide freer practice, and introducing the pedagogical task.
4
20. The texts, activities and pictures in the developed materials are
presented equally. 4
21. The developed materials contain tasks that encourage the
students‟ performance both spoken and written communication. 4
22. The developed materials promote the students to be responsible
with their own learning so that they become autonomous learners.
4
23. The developed materials encourage the students to have self-
reflection to identify their achievements and lacks during their learning.
4
24. Every unit of the developed materials has the learning objective
statements. 4
25. Every picture in the developed materials has the identity the
reference. 4
Mean x 4
Table 4.22 shows that the mean value of the appropriateness of the presentation of Unit 3 is 4. It is in the range of 3.25 ≤ x ≤ 4. It means that the appropriateness of
the presentation of Unit 3 is categorized as “Very Good”.
d The Appropriateness of the Graphic
The last aspect to be evaluated was the appropriateness of the graphic of the developed materials. The table below shows the analysis of the appropriateness of
the content of Unit 3.
Table 4.23 The Appropriateness of the Graphic of Unit 3 No.
Items Score
26. The developed materials are printed on ISO-standardized size
papers A4,A5, B5 4
27. The layout of the developed materials is proportional. 4
28. The illustrations and graphic designs in the developed materials
are aesthetic and functional. 4
29. The illustrations in the developed materials help to clarify the
presentation of the materials. 4
30. The developed materials use the appropriate variation of fonts. 4
31. The developed materials used the right number of variation
bold, italic, underline, capitalization. 4
32. The overall design of the developed materials is visually
interesting. 4
Mean x 4
The table above shows that the mean value of the appropriateness of the graphic of Unit 3 is 4. This value is in the range of 3.25 ≤ x ≤ 4. It means that the
appropriateness of the graphic of Unit 3 is categorized as “Very Good”.
C. Product Revision
The first draft of the task-based supplementary English reading materials for Grade VII students of Junior High School was revised based on the suggestion
from the expert. It is very needed to be revised in order to improve the quality of the product.
1. Revisions of Unit 1
The results of the expert judgment of Unit 1 show that this unit is appropriate for Grade VII students of Junior High School. This Unit has some mistakes. The
following table presents some points to be revised in Unit 1.
Table 4.24 Revisions of Unit 3 Unit
Parts of the unit Points to Be
Revised Revisions
Unit 3 Task 9
Task 11 Task 13
Task 18 Task 24
Add full stop in the item number 7
Change the input Change
the question number 2
into “He has a scar under ... left eye.
Change the words
“is sleeping” into sleeps in the item
number 5 Change the word
“his” into “a” Full stop had been
added The flyer had been
changed The
question number
2 had
been changed The words had
been changed The
word had
been changed
2. Revisions of Unit 2
The results of the expert judgment of Unit 2 show that this unit is appropriate for Grade VII students of Junior High School. This Unit has the least mistakes.
The following table presents some points to be revised in Unit 2.
Table 4.25 Revisions of Unit 1 Unit
Parts of the Unit Points to Be
Revised Revisions
Unit 1 Task 1
Task 2 Task 5
Task 6 Delete the words
“for it to” Change the word
“year” into
“month Change
the authentic pictures
into animations Change the word
“is” into “are” The words had
been deleted The
word had
been changed The pictures had
been changed The
word had
been changed
3. Revisions of Unit 3
The results of the expert judgment of Unit 3 show that this unit is appropriate for Grade VII students of Junior High School. This Unit has some mistakes. The
following table presents some points to be revised in Unit 3.
Table 4.26 Revisions of Unit 2 Unit
Parts of the Unit Points to Be
Revised Revisions
Unit 2 Task 16
Task 19 Change the word
“in” into “on” Add “s” into the
word “name” The
word had
been changed “s” had been
added
D. Analysis of the Latest Product
The analysis of the latest product results the explanation of the appropriateness of the developed task-based supplementary English reading
materials for Grade VII students of Junior High School. The following explanation was gained from the expert judgment and it answers the question in
the formulation of the problem.
1. Materials
The materials in the developed task-based supplementary English reading materials for Grade VII students of Junior High School are based on the Basic
Competence 3.10 in the Curriculum 2013. There is a type of texts which is a descriptive text. In that basic competence, students are expected to understand the
social functions, the structures and the linguistic elements of short descriptive texts about people, animals and things based on the use of the context.
In the Unit 1, the students are provided some missing pet flyers. In the Unit 2, the students are provided some missing person flyers. In the Unit 3, the students
are provided some house for sale brochures. Those texts are aimed at making the students understand the functions, the structures and the linguistic elements of
descriptive text about animals, people and houses. Those texts that are in the form of flyers and brochures were chosen to be the
input of the developed task-based supplementary English reading materials for Grade VII students of Junior High School based on the characteristics of the
students. The Grade VII students of Junior High School are best in learning
something, which are descriptive texts in this case, through something that is close to their real life.
The data gained from the expert judgment prove that the materials are appropriate with Grade VII students and the Core Competences and the Basic
Competences in the Curriculum 2013. The task-based supplementary English reading materials for Grade VII students of Junior High School is useful for the
students to comprehend descriptive texts about animals, people and houses.
2. Activities
The kind of activities in the developed task-based supplementary English reading materials for Grade VII students of Junior High School were chosen based
on the results of the needs analysis. The activities are gap filling activities, matching activities, answering comprehension questions in the form of multiple
choice questions and short answer questions, truefalse activities, arranging the jumbled wordssentences and discussion. Since the Grade VII students are
considered as teenage learners who are easy to get bored, some games are provided. Those games are the snakes and ladders and the flash card game.
The activities in the developed task-based supplementary English reading materials for Grade VII students of Junior High School are relevant with the
requirement of the curriculum 2013. Those activities were arranged from the easy to the difficult activities and based on the six-step procedures proposed by Nunan
2004. Those activities also lead the students to learn the descriptive text
