5 The lay outs on the designed materials were well-presented. 6 The materials were contextual because they were related to everyday things
and events. 7 The materials were appropriate with syllabus and curriculum of English today.
Besides, there are some points of comments and opinions which were considered as criticism. For that criticism, the participants gave some suggestions
for the writer to make some revisions and improvements to develop the designed materials. To make it clear, the comments and opinions and the suggestions are
summarized in the Table 4.6.
Table 4.6. The Summary of Comments and Opinions and Suggestions of the Designed Materials
No. Comments opinions
Suggestions
1. Some instructions were less appropriate for the activities or tasks
such as the use of word ‘practice’ instead of ‘read’ for reading
activities. It would be better if the writer
considered the word choice for the instructions and subtitles so that it
would be more appropriate with the kind of the learning activities.
2. The use of words ‘activity’ in Let’s
Do It and ‘task’ in Let’s Work It Out were less appropriate if they
were seen through the kind of the learning activities selves.
3. The use of subtitles ‘Let’s Do It’ and ‘Let’s Work It Out’ in the
materials were less appropriate if they were considered through the
kind of the learning activities.
4. Some pictures were not
“Indonesian” context. It would be better to make the
picture more “Indonesian”. 5. Opening
activities were
monotonous because the activities were always
The opening activities should be made more various, not merely
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No. Comments opinions
Suggestions
singing a song. singing a song.
6. There were some similar activities in
every unit of the designed materials. The writer should make more
variations for some similar part in every unit.
7. •
The principle of the Natural Approach had not been applied
yet in the units. •
Some activities were not based on the Natural Approach.
• Some activities tended to use
Communicative Language Teaching CLT principle instead
of the Natural Approach. The writer should make the activities
more suitable with the Natural Approach principle.
8. In the Teacher’s Book, the principle
of Natural Approach was not explained explicitly. It could make
the users teachers might get confused about the role of the
Natural Approach principle toward the materials applied in the teaching
learning process. It would be better if the writer add
more explanation and information about the concept of the Natural
Approach in the Teacher’s Book so that the users teachers could
understand how to use the materials in teaching and learning process.
2. Final Product Revision
After evaluating the designed material, the writer revised the designed material based on the comments, opinions, criticism and suggestion given by the
participants. The description of the revisions is as follows. a. The writer changed some words of the instructions in order to make the
instructions more appropriate with the kind of the learning activities such as the word ‘practice’ was changed into ‘read’ for reading activities.
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b. The writer exchanged the words ‘activity’ into ‘task’ in Let’s Do It part and the word ‘task’ into ‘activity’ in Let’s Work It Out part to make them more
appropriate with the kind of the learning activities.
c. To make it more appropriate with the kind of the learning activities, the writer
exchanged the subtitles ‘Let’s Do It’ into “Let’s Work It Out’ and ‘Let’s Work It Out’ into ‘Let’s Do It’
d. The writer made some revisions on the pictures to make them more appropriate with the Indonesian context.
e. The writer added more explanation and information about the principle of the Natural Approach in the Teacher’s Book to make the user or the teacher feel
clearer about the principle of the Natural Approach and how to use and implement it in the condition of teaching and learning process together with
the materials provided. f. The writer revised some grammatical mistakes in the designed material.
However, there were three suggestions that the writer did not accept. The first is the suggestion to make the opening activities more various. As presented in
the designed materials, the opening activities were almost singing songs. The writer considered that the songs provide input by introducing vocabularies which
students will learn. Besides, singing songs in opening activity present interesting and enjoyable exposure to which affective filter can be lowered. Moreover, based
on the distributed questionnaire, singing songs is also considered as one of the students’ favourite learning activities. Further, the second suggestion is to make
some similar part in every unit also more various. The writer considered that the
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designed material for each unit was enough for the time allocation of one meeting. The other consideration why the writer did not make revisions for some similar
part in every unit was because the materials for each unit were designed as unity. The materials were designed and arranged by stages; that was from simple to
complex one. The last is to make the activities more suitable with the Natural Approach principle. The consideration for not accepting this suggestion is, as
mentioned before, that the materials were designed and arranged by stages; that was from simple to complex one, from pre-speech stage to extend production
stage. To observe the Natural Approach principle in the activities, the activities cannot be seen as one by one activity. Rather, the activities should be seen as
unity which contains the Natural Approach principle. Further, to serve each stage, acquisition activities based on the Natural Approach are included in each part of
the designed materials. To make it clear, the writer provides the summary of learning stages and
the classroom acquisition activities based on the Natural Approach that serve each topic in the designed materials in Table 4.7.
Table 4.7. The Summary of Learning Stages and the Acquisition Activities Based On the Natural Approach In Each Topic
Unit Topics Contents
Learning Stages based on the
Natural Approach Acquisition
Activities based on the Natural
Approach
1 My Beloved
Family A. Let’s Get Ready
Pre-speech Stage Pre-activity
Section • Unified group
• Large group • One-centered
activity
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Learning Stages based on the
Natural Approach Acquisition
Activities based on the Natural
Approach
B. Let’s Work It Out 1. Task 1
2. Task 2 Early production
stage Whilst activity
section • Large group
• One-centered activity
• Game activity • Individual
activity C. Let’s Do It
1. Activity 1 2. Activity 2
Expanding production stage
Whilst activity section
• Dyad activity • Dialog activity
• Interview activity
D. Let’s Sum It Up Expanding
production stage Post-activity
section • Large group
• One-centered activity
2 My Exciting
Hobbies A. Let’s Get Ready
Pre-speech Stage Pre-activity
Section • Unified group
• Large group • One-centered
activity B. Let’s Work It Out
1. Task 1 2. Task 2
Early production stage
Whilst activity section
• Large group • One-centered
activity • Game activity
• Individual activity
C. Let’s Do It 3. Activity 1
4. Activity 2 Expanding
production stage Whilst activity
section • Dyad activity
• Small group • Dialog activity
• Interview activity
D. Let’s Sum It Up Expanding
production stage Post-activity
section • Large group
• One-centered activity
3 Fruits and
Vegetables
Kind of Fruits A. Let’s Get Ready
Pre-speech Stage Pre-activity
Section • Unified group
• Large group • One-centered
• activity
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Unit Topics Contents
Learning Stages based on the
Natural Approach Acquisition
Activities based on the Natural
Approach
B. Let’s Work It Out 1. Task 1
2. Task 2 Early production
stage Whilst activity
section • Large group
• Game activity • Dyad activity
• Individual activity
C. Let’s Do It 1. Activity 1
2. Activity 2 Expanding
production stage Whilst activity
section • Dyad activity
• Small group activity
• Dialog activity • Interview
activity D. Let’s Sum It Up
Expanding production stage
Post-activity section
• Large group • One-centered
activity
Kind of Vegetables A. Let’s Get Ready
Pre-speech Stage Pre-activity
Section • Large group
• Game activity • Unified activity
• One-centered activity
• Individual activity
B. Let’s Work It Out 1. Task 1
2. Task 2 Early production
stage Whilst activity
section • Large group
• Game activity • Dyad activity
• Individual activity
C. Let’s Do It 1. Activity 1
2. Activity 2 Expanding
production stage Whilst activity
section • Dyad activity
• Restructuring activity
• Dialog activity • Interview
activity D. Let’s Sum It Up
Expanding production stage
Post-activity section
• Large group • One-centered
activity
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Unit Topics Contents
Learning Stages based on the
Natural Approach Acquisition
Activities based on the Natural
Approach
4 My Lovely
House A. Let’s Get Ready
Pre-speech Stage Pre-activity
Section • Game activity
• Unified group • Large group
• One-centered activity
B. Let’s Work It Out 1. Task 1
2. Task 2 3. Task 3
Early production stage
Whilst activity section
• Large group • Individual
activity C. Let’s Do It
1. Activity 1 2. Activity 2
Expanding production stage
Whilst activity section
• Dyad activity • Small group
• Dialog activity • Interview
activity D. Let’s Sum It Up
Expanding production stage
Post-activity section
• Large group • One-centered
activity 5 Foods
and Drinks
A. Let’s Get Ready Pre-speech Stage
Pre-activity Section
• Unified group • Large group
• One-centered activity
B. Let’s Work It Out 1. Task 1
2. Task 2 Early production
stage Whilst activity
section • Large group
• Game activity • Dyad activity
• Individual activity
C. Let’s Do It 1. Activity 1
2. Activity 2 Expanding
production stage Whilst activity
section • Dyad activity
• Small group • Dialog activity
• Interview activity
D. Let’s Sum It Up Expanding
production stage Post-activity
section • Large group
• One-centered activity
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Unit Topics Contents
Learning Stages based on the
Natural Approach Acquisition
Activities based on the Natural
Approach
6 Beautiful Colors
A. Let’s Get Ready Pre-speech Stage
Pre-activity Section
• Unified group • Large group
• One-centered • activity
B. Let’s Work It Out 1. Task 1
2. Task 2 Early production
• Large group • Game activity
• Dyad activity • Individual
activity C. Let’s Do It
1. Task 1 2. Task 2
stage Whilst activity
section • Game activity
• Dyad activity • Individual
activity D. Let’s Do It
1. Activity 1 2. Activity 2
Expanding production stage
Whilst activity section
• Dyad activity • Small group
• Dialog activity • Interview
activity E. Let’s Sum It Up
Expanding production stage
Post-activity section
• Large group • One-centered
activity 7 Animals
around Us A. Let’s Get Ready
Pre-speech Stage Pre-activity
Section • Unified group
• Large group • One-centered
activity B. Let’s Work It Out
1. Task 1 2. Task 2
Early production stage
Whilst activity section
• Large group • Game activity
• Dyad activity • Individual
activity C. Let’s Do It
1. Activity 1 2. Activity 2
Expanding production stage
Whilst activity section
• Dyad activity • Small group
• Dialog activity • Interview
activity D. Let’s Sum It Up
Expanding production stage
Post-activity • Large group
• One-centered activity
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Unit Topics Contents
Learning Stages based on the
Natural Approach Acquisition
Activities based on the Natural
Approach
section 8 At
School A. Let’s Get Ready
Pre-speech Stage Pre-activity
Section • Unified group
• Large group • One-centered
activity B. Let’s Work It Out
1. Task 1 2. Task 2
Early production stage
Whilst activity section
• Large group • Game activity
• Dyad activity • Individual
activity C. Let’s Do It
1. Activity 1 2. Activity 2
Expanding production stage
Whilst activity section
• Dyad activity • Small group
• Dialog activity • Interview
activity D. Let’s Sum It Up
Expanding production stage
Post-activity section
• Large group • One-centered
activity
C. Presentation of the Designed Materials
In order to answer the second question in the problem formulation, the writer presents the final versions of the designed materials in this part. The
designed materials consist of eight units. The topics of each unit are presented as follows.
UNIT 1 : My Beloved Family
UNIT 2 : My Exciting Hobbies
UNIT 3 : Fruits and Vegetables
UNIT 4 : My Lovely House
UNIT 5 : Foods and Drinks
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