9. Revising the Designed Materials
Considering the result of materials’ evaluation, the writer revised the designed materials to produce the final version of supplementary grammar
materials. In addition, the writer also revised the syllabus due to its shortage according to the evaluators’ opinions.
a. Materials revision
The materials revision was applied to three points, they were 1
Subject content Considering the evaluator’s opinions, the writer did some
improvements to subject contents. First, the writer revised some grammatical mistakes and mistypes in the reading texts and dialogues in ‘Let’s get started’
section. Some illustrations were also added to this section according to an evaluator’s suggestion. It was done to make this part more attractive for the
students as a lead-in to the learning. An improvement was also applied to ‘Language focus’ section.
Since an evaluator considered this part a bit boring, the writer put a graph to explain the use of a particular pattern in a particular time. The graphs were
added to units 1 to 4 which discussed basic tenses. These graphs could also help the students to understand the use of language pattern more easily. For
other units, the writer added tables in ‘Language focus’. 2
Activity and exercise Referring to the evaluation, the activities served in the materials
needed improvement to make them more enjoyable for the students. Hence, PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
the writer revised some activities, especially in ‘Enjoy This’ sections. In unit 4, 5 and 6, the writer filled the activity with reading spoof texts and pictures
which provided funny stories. Furthermore, the spoof text in the designed materials was matched to Competence Standard in School-based Curriculum.
To improve the variety of activities, a revision of ‘Let’s Get Started’ part, particularly in Units 3, 4 and 5 was made. The revision will be shown by
Table 4.5.
Table 4.5: The revision on activities Instruction
Before revision
Read this narrative story and underline the verbs used Unit 3
After revision
Practice this dialogue with your partner Act as if you were talking on the phone
Before revision
Look at this picture. Read the dialogue and answer the questions
Unit 4 After
revision Look at these pictures and answer the questions
orally
Before revision
Read the following Spoof text and answer the questions
Unit 5 After
revision Complete the sentences based on these sequential
pictures
The writer also added questions to ‘Let’s Get Started’ and ‘Enjoy This
’ sections as the follow-up activity and as the leading to the topic being discussed in each unit.
Meanwhile, the revision was also done to the exercises. By changing some exercises, it was expected that the exercise’s level of difficulty
was appropriate to the eleventh grade students. Table 4.6 shows the revision on Exercise 1 in Units 1 and 2.
Table 4.6: The revision on exercises Instruction
Before revision
Add a sentence for each picture related to you High School experience Then, share it to your friends in a
group of three Unit 1
After revision
Work in pairs. Complete the short conversations using Simple Past Tense
and add a conversation for each picture based on your high school experience Then, practice
those conversations with your partner
Before revision
A group of students were staying in a hotel to spend their summer holiday. One evening the fire alarm rang. Use the
words in the brackets to make sentence saying what each person was doing at the time.
Unit 2
After revision
Work in a group of three. Student A is to ask student B and C the following questions. Student B and C are to answer
according to their holiday experiences using Past Continuous Tense
. Do it in turn
For activities and exercises which were adapted from other sources and which included pictures in it, the writer attached the sources as being
recommended by an evaluator. 3
Layout Taking one of the evaluators’ suggestions into account, the writer
reshuffled the designed materials’ cover. The cover was fitted to the grammar learning. It was illustrated by some pictures of grammar patterns and
examples. To make the cover reflect its content, it was also decorated with some illustrations related to Contextual Teaching and Learning like learning in
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b. Syllabus revision