Teaching Materials Used in the Year One of Junior High Schools: An Evaluation

Sugeng Susilo Adi

This study evaluates the effectiveness of the English textbooks currently used in year one Indonesian secondary schools as well as provides the necessary principles recommended for the improvements for the next edition. The primary approach employed in this study is an evaluation research, specifically, a formative context evaluation research and the method fits within a qualitative research perspective. The findings reveal that the textbook has several strengths and weaknesses. The strengths include: the interesting visual aids and the use of many various text types, the emphasis of communicative activities, the balance between form and meaning, and choice general topics' familiar to both rural and urban students. The textbook's weaknesses are: the level of difficulties is not achievable for rural students, the activities are not supported by appropriate instructions and some activities do not really match to the learning objectives. Some principles are recommended for the improvement.

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Adi, S. S. (2004, February). Teaching materials used in the year one of junior high schools: An evaluation. Paper presented at the national conference on Teaching English to Young Learners: Why and How, Bandung, Indonesia.

 
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