The Evaluation and Revision of Unit 2 of the Second Draft of Materials

Continued.... Tasks Evaluation Revision Task 7 The task should promote the learners to use the expressions of asking for and giving suggestion. “Take turn to describe tourism spots in front of the class using the information in the cards provided below while the other students try to guess the name of those spots. The cards will randomly be drawn by the teacher. ” The instruction is revised. “In pairs, perform a short dialogue containing the expressions of asking for and giving suggestions based on the cards randomly drawn by the teacher. Each pair must use different expressions. ” An example is needed. An example is provided. Task 8 The task is not necessary. The task is omitted. Task 9 None None Task 10 None None Task 11 None None Based on the resutls of the expert judgement and the review, the second draft of the materials was still inappropriate in term of content. There were 3 unnecessary tasks in Unit 1, 4 in Unit 2, and 4 in Unit 3. Those tasks were needed to be removed with more appropriate task, so several new tasks were added to the course book. Table below are the highlight of the third draft of the materials which contains new tasks as well as some rearrangement of the existing task. Table 40. The third draft of the materials Units Tasks Instructions Status 1 1 “Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions below. ” Existin gno change s 2 “Listen to the pronunciations and repeat after the teacher. Then, find the meanings of the words below. ” Existin gmov ed from task 3 3 “Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks. ” Existin gmov ed from task 4 Grammar Focus 4 “Listen to the dialogue and write down the expressions of asking for and offering help contained in it.” Brand new 5 “In pairs, compose spoken sentences while the other student compose spoken questions based on the pictures randomly drawn and verbs decided by the teacher. Make sure to use the modal verb formula. ” Brand new 6 “Using the information contained in Table below, give brief explanations about the rates and facilities about a certain room in front of the class. The room will be randomly decided by the teacher. ” Existin gmov ed from task 4 7 “In pairs, use the information in the previous task to perform a dialogue in order to complete the instructions contained in the following instruction cards. ” Existin gmov ed from task 8 8 “Study the reservation form below and answer the following questions. ” Existin gmov ed from task 9 Continued....