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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.
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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
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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