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2. English Workbook Designers
The result of this research is expected to give information for the English workbook designers to be more careful in designing workbooks. Furthermore, this
research can be used as an advice for the English workbook designers to improve the materials and the exercises.
3. Future Researchers
The result of this research can be used as academic references for future researchers that investigate similar case. This research gives more information for
the future researchers who interested to examine similar case.
4. English Language Education Study Program Students
The result of this research can enlighten the students of English Language Education Study Program ELESP about the technique used to evaluate materials.
This will be beneficial, since the ELESP students will experience Program Pengalaman Lapangan PPL in their seventh or eighth semester. This research can
be an example of how to evaluate materials, so ELESP students can apply it when they are doing their PPL.
F. Definition of Terms
There are four terms that are commonly used in this study. They are defined as follows.
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1. Content Analysis
Content analysis is a technique that helps researchers to study human behavior in an indirect way, through an analysis of their communication Fraenkel
Wallen, 2009, p. 472. Therefore, content analysis can be in the forms of textbooks, newspapers, songs, books, essays, articles, and recorded speech as the
subject of the study.
2. Workbook or Lembar Kerja Siswa LKS
A workbook is a kind of printed media in the form of a book and consists of visual materials Arsyad, 2004, p. 29. In addition, Supriadi 2000 states that there
are two kinds of textbooks, namely primary books and supplementary books. Primary books are provided by the government Minister of Education and Culture,
while the supplementary books are published by private publisher. Based on the previous explanation, in this research, a workbook that is generally called Lembar
Kerja Siswa LKS is a book that contains lots of exercises to practice. This LKS is used as a supplementary material besides textbook and it is affordable for the
students.
3. Seventh Graders
Seventh graders refer to the students in the first grade of Junior High School. They are students in the age of 12-15 years old. In this research, the seventh graders
are those who are in the first grade of Junior High School at SMP N 2 Mlati Sleman, Yogyakarta.
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