d The Appropriateness of the Layout The fourth aspect to evaluate was the appropriateness of the layout. Things
to evaluate related to the appropriateness of layout includes the fonts used in the materials, the pictures, and the colours. Table 4.32 will illustrate the result of
evaluation related the layout appropriateness in unit 3. Table 4.32 The Appropriateness of the Layout Unit 3
No Items
Score 1
The fonts used are not too various 3
2 The fonts used are not too bigtoo
small 3
3 The colours of the materials are not
disturbing the readers 2
4 The pictures are provided for aesthetic
and functional purposes 3
Mean 2.75
The layout appropriateness in unit 3 has a mean score 2.75 which is considered as Fair. The points that need to be revised are the colours used in the
boxes and colours combination in the cover which are considered disturbing the readers.
2. The Review of Unit 3
It can be seen that unit 3 of the developed materials is categorized asGood as the mean of the four aspects is within the interval 3.00
≤x≤3.49. This result is taken from the mean value of 3.3. Aspects that need to revise are about the
grammar, the content, and the layout.
The points that should be revised are quite the same as Unit 1. It is about the lack of grammar in instructions and some misspellings. In terms of layout, the
colours combination between pink and blue is considered disturbing the readers, so it is better if the colour is more neutral.The size of fonts also should be considered
to make the readers easy to read the texts. In terms of language appropriateness, there are some inappropriate prepositions in the instructions and regarding to the
content, the language focus needsan explanation about report text to make the students understand the text type that they learn in unit 3.
3. The Revision of Unit 3
The revision of unit 3 is based on the evaluation from the expert. The revision covers four aspects; they are content appropriateness, presentation
appropriateness, language appropriateness and layout appropriateness. The points to revise can be seen on the table below.
4.33 The Revision of Unit 3 Parts of the Unit
Points to Revise Revision
Task 1 No revision
Task 2 Give a box to the text
to make it clear and change the placement
of the source link on the right corner of the
text. Give a box to the text
and change
the placement
of the
source link
Task 3 No revision
Task 4 Change the colours of Change the colours of
the box since they are considered disturbing
the readers. the box so that they
do not disturb the readers.
Task 5 Give a box to the text
to make it clear and change the placement
of the source link on the right corner of the
text. Give a box to the text
and change
the placement
of the
source link
Task 6 Inappropriate use of
preposition Recall the underlined
sentences
on the
text.... Change
the instruction into the
correct one. Recall the underlined
sentences
in the
text.... Task 7
Give an example on the task
Give an example on number 1 and change
the instruction.
Task 8 There is an incorrect
spelling. Edmodo
can be
applied effectivelyin the classroom.
Change the spelling into the correct one.
Edmodo can
be applied effectively in
the classroom. Task 9
No revision Task 10
There is
a grammatical error on
the question number 4.
What kind of videos you
can find
on YouTube?
Change the sentence into the correct one.
What kind of videos can
you find
on YouTube?
Task 11 No revision
Task 12 The word choice in
the instruction is not appropriate. The word
“within” should be changed to “in”
Change the
instruction: Find the meanings of
the terms below that you
can find
in YouTube text task
9. Task 13
No revision
Task 14 The
instruction Make the instruction
should be clearer Study the following
text and change the active verbs into the
passive form. clearer.
Study the following text and put the verbs
in the brackets into the passive form.
Task 15 No revision
Task 16 The word choice in
the instruction is not appropriate. The word
“within” should be changed to “in”
Change the
instruction: Find the meanings of
the terms below that you can find in the
text entitled PayPal
Task 17 No revision
Task 18 No revision
Task 19 The text is should be
based on the report texts
instead of
descriptive texts. There should be an
explanation
about report text
Change the
instruction of task 19 Give
explanation about report texts
Task 20 No revision
Glossary Replace the words
“Indonesian Meanings”
to “Indonesian versions”
Replacing the words “Indonesian
Meanings” to
“Indonesian versions” B. Discussions
The materials in this research are in line with the theory of English for Specific Purposes ESP proposed by Hutchinson Waters 1987. Based on the
concept of ESP, the first step in developing materials is conducting needs analysis to find out students’ target needs and learning needs. The needs analysis was
conducted by distributing questionnaires to 28 respondents on May 19th. The respondents are the students of Computer Engineering and Networking at SMKN 1
Pundong class X-A. Since the materials rely on ESP concept, the coverage of the
