The task instruction is not
easy to
understand. Re
write the
instruction to make it more efficient and
communicative
Language Use
Bahasa in
explaning the
materials To
make the
explanation easier to understand
2. The Study Guide
Table 4.33 : The Result of the Product Revision of the Study Guide Revision Target
Comment Action Taken
Content The
part of
self assessment
is not
clear enough. Re
type the
self assessment part.
Language Use
Bahasa in
explaning the
materials The use of Bahasa is
to make the book easier to understand
by
the students
because the book is the
supplementary book which is learnt
by themselves
everywhere.
D. Analysis of the Latest Product
In this part, the second draft book was analyzed by the researcher to make sure whether the book was already appropriate for the stude
nts’ needs or not. The students responded about the questionnaires of the second draft book of the
supplementary writing materials to find out the appropriateness of the book. The analysis of the latest product was the result of the good characteristics of a
supplementary writing materials book.
1. Materials The materials of the book developed in the supplementary writing
materials using task based language teaching which are based on the curriculum 2013. According to the curriculum 2013, the writing skill is an important skill that
had to be learnt by the students. The curriculum 2013 states that descriptives text and short functional text such as announcement are the types of the text that
should be learnt in the tenth grade students of senior high school. The topic used in this book is related to the result of the need analysis and
it is written in the course grid. The topic of the text is related to the students’ daily
life such as in school, family, and etc. The texts are made as simple as possible to avo
id the students’ boredom and to make the students understand about the content of the text.
According to the result of the data collection, the book is categorized as a good supplementary writing materials book. The topic of each unit is related to
the stu dents’ life, so they could understand the texts and the tasks easily. The
students also feel that the supplementary writing materials book are interesting and gain their motivation to improve their writing skill. As a result, the
supplementary writing material s book have succeded in providing the students’
needs. 2. Activities
After revising the first draft book, the activities of the supplementary writing materials were revised in appropriate steps based on the task based steps.
The activities were based on the pre task, task, planning, and report as the approach of the learning process. The activities were developed as an interesting
activity to help the students comprehend the materials easily. The writing activities contain some interesting and challenging tasks. The
tasks are individual tasks, so that the students can improve their writing skill by themselves. In assessing the students’ writing skills, the book provides reflections
part, self assessment, and answer key to help the students evaluate their work independently. In the supplementary writing materials book, the activities are not
only answering the questions but also composing a writing product. In avoiding the students’ boredom of learning writing, the activities have
the different level of difficulty to make the tasks more challenging. The use of the technology helps the students to gain their writing motivation. The result of the
questionnaire proved that the students were interesting with the book because the activities were not monotonous.
3. Instruction The instruction was written at the above of each activity to explain about
the activity before the students did the activity. The first draft product revision really helped to improve the task instructions to make the instructions had an
efficient and communicative language so that the students could understand the instruction easily. Since the supplementary writing materials book is an individual
book, the book is attached with the study guide to help them understand the
instruction of the task. The study guide contains of the book guidance, answer key and the self assessment to help the students learn individually.
4. Media The media of the book is categorized as the use of the pictures, the font
style and the colour. In this supplementary writing materials book, the book is colourful and attractive. There are many pictures that are used in each unit to
make the students comprehend the activity easily. The pictures are related to the topic of the text in each unit.
The use of the font style is interesting and not excessive. The font style and the font size are appropriate and the font is readable. The supplementary
writing materials book is colourful. The book uses many colours to make the students motivated to do the task in each unit. The students are really appreciate
of the book design and layout because they are not interested in the black and white book colour.
E. Research Constraint
In conducting this research, the researcher faced an obstacle which came from the external factor. The obstacle was the limitation of time because in
distributing first questionnaire, the researcher could almost not get the school permission to conduct the need analysis. It happened because the students had to
do the final semester examination and had holiday of Ramadhan and Ied Fitr.
