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4 The materials needed to supply more vocabulary
However, the materials were revised several times before conducting the try- out process.
6. Use and Evaluation Try-out and Evaluation
a. Try-out
This took place after the materials were improved based on the review of expert judgment. The materials try-out was held on May 5
– May 19, 2016 at the English Department, Faculty of Education, Champasak University.
Unit 1
Unit 1 was presented on May 5, 2016. The researcher played a role as the teacher and briefly presented the materials. The students followed the presentation
and explanation carefully and tried to do some of the activities in this unit. The students could follow the writing process and did the activities successfully. The
students enjoyed this unit because the activities provided were not too difficult.
Unit 2
This unit was presented on May 9, 2016. Unit 2 was about types of text, so some students could not read and translate some words and this made some students
feel bored. However, many students enjoyed reading the text because the materials presented many types of text which they did not know about. The materials also
presented the pictures that made students understand the text. Many students could do the activities provided after the lesson and could follow the instructions provided
in the materials.
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Unit 3
This unit was presented on May 12, 2016. Unit 3 was about the letters. The students could follow the explanation about the letters and did almost all of the
activities successfully. The students enjoyed writing memos because it was quite easy to do. Business letters were more difficult since they were not very familiar
with that process.
Unit 4
This unit was presented on May 16, 2016. This unit was about culture and the content of this unit was related to students’ cultures and other cultures. The students
enjoyed seeing new aspects of other cultures such as greetings and eating culture. Students could also do the activities after the lesson and could answer the questions
from the warm up. Almost all the students could write about their culture as proved in the activities.
b. Materials Evaluation
