Stories RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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c. The Weaknesses of the Supporting Materials

First, in some PPT games, the instructions of the task were not clear. Second, in some parts of the answer key, the answers did not match the correct answers of the tasks so that they could cause ambiguity.

d. The Weaknesses of the Learning Objectives

First, in unit 2 and 6, the formulation of the objectives was not clear and specific. The reason was because one formulation consisted of two different actions. Second, the presentation of the objectives and the goals was ambiguous. Besides, the researcher formulated the goals using the objectives terms.

e. The Weaknesses of the Stories

First, some stories did not show the use of language for communicative purpose that grade VII students of junior high school often experienced because some situations in the stories did not commonly happened in the students‟ real daily life. Second, the plot of some stories was too complicated, especially the relation of each story to other stories. It would be difficult for the students to understand the relation of the stories.

f. The Weaknesses of the Language

First, in some parts, the language was too difficult for grade VII students of junior high school and unnatural. The language was unnatural because too formal and did not show expressions commonly used by English native speakers in the daily conversations. Second, there were some grammatical mistakes in the comic strips and the tasks. Third, in some parts, the vocabulary was too difficult. The reason was because some of them were not commonly used in the existed English textbook. 130

g. The Weaknesses of the Social and Cultural Context

First, some parts of the stories did not show appropriate language that applied or related to certain culture. For example, the language did not show particular dialect used by people from non English speaking countries. Second, there was no clear example that showed the relation between language and culture.

h. The Weaknesses of the Tasks

First, some instructions of the task were not clear. They could cause ambiguity. Second, most of the vocabulary tasks were not varied. They did not encourage students to find the meaning based on certain contexts. Third, the listening tasks did not cover all of the desired degree of mastery that was necessary for grade VII of junior high school level. Fourth, the speaking tasks did not encourage students to develop spontaneous and natural speaking skills.

i. The Weakness of the Flexibility

First, the materials were not flexible because the English teacher would need much time to prepare the facilities and equipments in order to use the multimedia materials. Second, there was no explanation about how English teachers could adopt or adapt materials in the workbook. Third, there was no explanation about how students could use the work book as supplementary materials. Fourth, there were limited tasks that English teacher could modify because most the tasks had only one learning objectives and one activity.

3. Suggestions from the Practitioner and Expert

From the WH questions and direct evaluation on the materials, the researcher found some suggestions how to revise and improve the materials.