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Teachers’ Perceptions on the Implementation of “Bahasa Inggris Karakter Peduli Lingkungan” as Teaching Material for Junior High School Students in Semarang City

This study attempts to reveal whether or not the book developed entitled “ Bahasa Inggris Karakter Peduli Lingkungan ” as teaching material for Junior High School Students implemented at several schools in Semarang city could fulfil the needs of the teachers and students and is appropriate to be used as teaching material. One hundred and seventy one (171) students of Junior High School students were taken as samples. They were taught English by using the above developed teaching material and then posttest was given. The result shows that the mean score of the posttest was 76.5 indicating that the students’ English competence belongs to a good category. So, it can be stated that the book could enhance the students’ understanding on English. Besides, questionnaire was also given to the teachers to find out their perception on the appropriateness of the book. The questionnaire contained the aspects of the content appropriateness, the performance/presentation, and the language used. Based on the teachers’ perception it shows that the content appropriateness got score of 67, 21% which belongs to a good category and 19,67 % of excellent; the performance/presentation got score of 62,63% (good) and 7,69% (excellent); and the language used got 73,38% (good) and 9,52% (excellent). So based on teachers’ perception, most of them stated the book developed was in the category of good and excellent and thus, it can be concluded that the book developed by the researchers is suitable to be used as a teaching material for Junior High School as it fulfills the needs of the teachers and students.