General Appearance Workbooks Evaluation

41 Yogyakarta and was written by English Team of Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran Yogyakarta. Workbook 2 was Global. SMP Negeri 2 Yogyakarta used this workbook and it was written by Endang Triningsih, Tumijo, Munawir, and H. Ismanto. The last workbook was Cerah, which hereinafter referred as workbook 3, was published CV Teguh Karya and used in SMP Joanness Bosco. This workbook was arranged by twenty writers with Erni Riyanti as the coordinator. Numbers of checklists were used to evaluate the three workbooks. The checklists consist of ten aspects, such as General Appearance, Design and Illustration, Objectives, Topic Contents, Language Contents, Social and Cultural Contexts, Language Skills, Teachability, Flexibility, and Practice and Design. These ten aspects cover fifty one criteria. Table B1 on page 40 shows the summary of evaluation result on those three workbooks and more detail evaluation result are presented as following.

1. General Appearance

Table 4.2 General Appearance Evaluation No. General Appearance Criteria Criteria Fulfilment W1 W2 W3 1. The cover is informative and attractive. 1 1 2. The font size and type used in the book is appropriate for seventh graders. 1 1 1 3. There is an informative orientation page. 1 1 4. The book has a complete and detailed table of contents. 0 0 0 5. Every lesson is given an appropriate title. 1 1 6. The book has an appropriate glossary. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 42 No. General Appearance Criteria Criteria Fulfilment W1 W2 W3 7. The book has complete bibliography. 1 1 Total 4 3 4 Percentage 57.1 42.8 57.1 In General Appearance criteria, Workbook 1 had met four of the seven criteria; they were appropriate font size and type, the availability of informative orientation page, appropriate title for every lesson, and complete bibliography. Workbook 3 had the same achievement as Workbook 1. Workbook 3 had also met four criteria such as, informative and attractive cover, appropriate font size and type, the availability of informative orientation page, and complete bibliography. For these four criteria, Workbook 1 and 3 had got 57.1 and this fulfilment indicated that Workbook 1 and 3 were sufficient in General Appearance Aspect. The next was Workbook 2 which fulfilled fewer criteria. Workbook 2 had three criteria, informative and attractive cover, appropriate font size and type, and appropriate title for every lesson. Thus, Workbook 2 was poor for General Appearance Aspect.

2. Design and Illustration