CONTENT ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENTITLED “PATHWAY TO ENGLISH” BASED ON CURRICULUM 2013

Main Author: Setiawan, Pendik
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2019
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Online Access: http://eprints.umm.ac.id/52863/1/NASKAH.pdf
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  • This research attempted to discover whether or not the English textbooks analyzed met the criteria of a good textbook suggested by PusatPerbukuan(Pusbuk) and whether they were relevant to the 2013 Curriculum and to find out how those criteria were fulfilled or not by those textbooks and in what way the textbooks were relevant to 2013 curriculum. This research which was a content analysis contained the stages: referring to criteria for English textbook evaluation issued by Pusbuk in 2007 and making some modification to suit the 2013 Curriculum; deciding on the subjects, that were Supplementary English textbooks for senior highschool students entitled Pathway to English; applying the criteria for evaluating the textbooks using asimple tick and cross system as judgments; analyzing the textbook; and interpreting the findings and stating conclusions. The data were gathered by evaluating the three English textbooks using checklists for textbooks evaluation criteria. In the data analysis technique, the total of criteria points which were met in a workbook for each sub aspect was divided by the total of criteria points in each sub aspect times 100%. For ensuring the credibility of the research, consensus was applied in which the research supervisor was the reviewer in evaluating the textbooks. The result confirmed that Pathway to English had met the criteria of good textbooks with the fulfillment for relevance of materials to the curriculum textbook 1 (75%) texbook 2 (83%) and textbook 3 (67%), for material accuracy textbook 1,2, and 3 had (100%), for supporting learning materials textbook 1 (80%), textbook 2 (70%) and textbok 3 (90%), for language appropriateness textbook 1,2 and 3 had (75%), for presentation technique textbook 1,2, and 3 had (100%), for teaching and learning technique textbook 1,2, and 3 had (100%) , and for presentation coverage textbook 1,2, and 3 had (70%) Pathwayto English was relevant to the 2013 Curriculum due to the presentationalactivities and activities for character building. It was recommended that teachers modify the textbooks to suit 2013 curriculum and adapt the difficulties to suit learners’ cognitive development.