Significance of the Study

At the present time, many series of textbooks are supplemented by such materials to strengthen their teaching program. Good independent workbooks, designed to accompany no specific textbook. Several types of workbooks are found, but they are all variations of either a text-workbook or one which contains only exercises. Some of the newer workbooks are hybrids, combining both types. When the possibility of using workbooks is being considered, the teacher should have clearly in mind exactly which functions to achieve the workbook to fulfill. Workbooks should benefit highly motivated or interested students who, compete themselves. They can also be of benefit to the student who wants extra practice not extra credit with material of graded levels of difficulty, outside of the classroom or in addition to any possible conference time. 3 Workbooks develop the good study habits and independence learning of student. b. Advantages of the Workbook Workbook and other skill practice pages can be valuable learning and teaching resources for students and teachers. Teachers can improve upon workbook pages effectiveness to make them more than busy work, testing devices, pupil directed practice, or group assignments. Teacher could save a great deal of time by having each childs work within the covers of an individual book. 4 . It saves the time and energy of both teacher and pupil which presents only one problem at a time. The use of the workbook is advisable. 3 David G. Pugh, Writing Workbooks: Teaching Tragedies? College Composition and Communication, Vol. 15, No. 3 Oct., 1964, p. 165 4 Margaret Kerr, Teaching with Workbooks, The Elementary School Journal, Vol. 48, No. 4 Dec., 1947, pp. 218 c. Problems of the Workbook Much of the workbooks are providing the students the writing part of language but not the oral communication part of the English. 5 This shows that, there is a lot of opportunity for the teacher to use oral communication in the classroom to develop listening, reading and speaking skills in the classroom, which the teacher has to develop through various methods and modes of instruction. More opportunities should be provided to students to develop pronunciation, intonation, stress, etc. in the language teaching. Some teachers believe that workbooks help in developing vocabulary, in reinforcing and maintaining skills, and in individualizing instruction. But other teachers argue that workbooks are too expensive. It takes too long to correct them. One of the reasons why workbooks have not been successful in many situations is that little thought or planning was given to their selection and use. 6 Before any workbook is purchased, the teachers should have an opportunity to examine it in order to determine whether it is designed to meet the specific purposes which they wish to achieve. Workbooks, like textbooks, must have their use carefully planned in order to get the most effective results. No workbook is published with the assumption that will not require intelligent preparation and presentation by the teacher. d. How to Use the Workbook There is a significant influence of workbooks and the way they are being used in the classroom on the overall development of English language development in the students. The first step to improving the effectiveness of work book pages is to establish a purpose for using them. 5 Paul Douglas, Teacher’s Perception on The Learning Difficulties and Development of English Language Skills Among High School Students: Influence of Classroom Teaching and Workbooks. Http:Www.Aiaer.NetEjournalVol2010812.Htm 6 Margaret Kerr, Teaching with Workbooks, The Elementary School Journal, Vol. 48, No. 4 Dec., 1947, pp. 218