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6. Social and Cultural Contexts

Social and Cultural Contexts table has four items which evaluate the social and cultural contexts in the workbook whether or not disturb the readers, able to give positive impact for the readers. Table 3.6 Social and Cultural Contexts Checklists No Evaluation Aspect F – Social and Cultural Contexts Workbook 1 Workbook 2 Workbook 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1. The social and cultural contexts in the book are comprehensible. 2. The content of the book is free from stereotypical images and information. 3. Students can learn about the inner lives of the characters used in the book. 4. The book expresses positive views of ethnic origins, occupation, age groups, social groups and disability.

7. Language Skills

This table consists of six items. Those items are related to four English skills covered in the workbooks and the quality of the tasks for those English skills. Table 3.7 Language Skills Checklists No Evaluation Aspect G – Language Skills Workbook 1 Workbook 2 Workbook 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1. The book covers four skills adequately. 2. There is material for integrated skills work. 3. Listening material is well recorded, as authentic as possible, and accompanied by background information, questions, and activities. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 32 No Evaluation Aspect G – Language Skills Workbook 1 Workbook 2 Workbook 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 4. There is sufficient reading material. There is a range of varied and interesting reading text that can engage students cognitively and effectively. 5. There is sufficient material for speaking English e.g. dialogues, role-plays, etc.. 6. Writing activities are suitable in terms of length, degree of accuracy, and amount of guidance.

8. Teachability

Teachability discusses the effectiveness of the workbook to help teachers. Table 3.8 Teachability Checklists No Evaluation Aspect H - Teachability Workbook 1 Workbook 2 Workbook 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1. The book helps teachers to minimize their preparation time. 2. The book helps teachers exploit the activities to meet the students; expectations. 3. The book helps teachers cater for mixed ability students and classes of different sizes.

9. Flexibility

Flexibility aims to know the ability of the workbooks to cover different learning styles, different levels of formality and the use of the workbooks. Table 3.9 Flexibility Checklists No Evaluation Aspect I - Flexibility Workbook 1 Workbook 2 Workbook 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1. The book is appealing and useful to the students. 2. The book caters for different levels PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 33 No Evaluation Aspect I - Flexibility Workbook 1 Workbook 2 Workbook 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 of formality. 3. The book provides opportunity for teachers and students to localize activities. 4. The book caters for different preferred learning styles.

10. Practice and Testing