An Analysis on the activities in English E-Nook developing english competencies for the grade X senior high school / Muhammad Tsaqief

Main Author: Tsaqief, Muhammad
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed
Terbitan: , 2010
Online Access: http://repository.um.ac.id/10953/
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  • ABSTRACTTsaqiefMuhammad.2010.AnAnalysisonActivitiesintheEnglishe-BookDevelopingEnglishCompetenciesfortheGradeXSeniorHighSchool.Thesis.EnglishLanguageEducationProgramFacultyofLetterStateUniversityofMalang.AdvisorDr.EnnyIrawatiM.Pd.KeywordscontentanalysisactivitiescommunicativeHumanshaveadeepneedtocommunicatewithothers.Thereforetheyneedlanguageasameansofcommunication.IndonesianpeoplearefortunatetohaveanationallanguagecalledIndonesian.ThislanguagehasbeensuccessfullyunitingthepluralityofIndonesianculture.IninternationalcontextEnglishiswidelyrecognisedasthemostlyusedlanguageacrossthecountries.ThesupremacyofEnglishspeakingcountriesinindustryandtechnologyhastriggeredthespreadofEnglish.AsaresultitisconsideredimportanttoteachEnglishinmostcountriesincludingIndonesia.Textbooksholdanimportantroleintheteachingandlearningactivities.RelatedtothatfactIndonesiangovernmenthasabigconcerntoprovidestudentsandteachersinIndonesiawithnationalstandardizedbooks.ThegovernmenthasreleasedanewprogramcalledBSE(BukuElektronikSekolah).InestablishingthisprogramthegovernmentinvitedauthorsteachersorlecturerstodeveloptextbookwhichisthenselectedbyBSNP(BadanStandarNasionalPendidikan).Howevertheresultoftheanalysishasneverbeenpublished.Thereforetheteacherswhowanttousee-bookdonotknowthestrengthandweaknessesofthee-book.Duetothatfacttheresearcherwouldliketoanalyzeoneofthee-books.Itwasexpectedthattheresultofthisstudycouldbebeneficialfortheteacherswhowillusethise-bookfortheauthorsofthise-bookandfutureresearchers.ThestudyfocusedonanalyzingtheactivitiesinEnglishe-bookforseniorhighschoolgradeXDevelopingEnglishCompetencieswrittenbyAchmadDoddyetal.Thisstudyattemptedtorevealtowhatextentactivitiesinthetextbookarecommunicative.Itwascarriedoutbydocumentingtheactivitiesineachchapterandcomparingthemwithcommunicativenesscriteriasuchasauthenticitystimulatinginteractionemphasisingonfluencyandbeyondtheclassroom.Theresultsofthestudyshowedthat24.1%activitiesinthewholetextbookareconsideredcommunicative.Itcanbeconcludedthatmostactivitiesinthetextbookareconsideredleastcommunicative.Basedonthefindingstheresearcherrecommendstheteacherswhowillusethisbooktoaddmoreactivitieswhichhavehigherdegreeofcommunicativenesssuchasjigsawinformationtransfercreatingemailaccountwriteaninvitationcardsoradapttheactivitiesinthetextbookandmodifythemforcommunicativelearning.Forthetextbookauthorsitissuggestedthattheyhavetoenrichthetextbookwithcommunicativeactivityincasetheyrevisethetextbook.Forfutureresearcheritissuggestedthattheyanalyseotheraspectsofthetextbookoruseotherinstrumentstoanalyzeit.