The Readability of Reading Texts in English Textbook Entitle "English" for the First Grade Students of SMA Negeri 13 Kabupaten Tangerang in 2016/2017 Academic Year

serlika aprita; drs. sigit sumarsono, m.pd; drs. susilo wardoyo, m.pd;

ISNIN RIZKI ARDINI. NIM: 0901065141 The Readability of Reading Text in English Textbook Entitle”English” for the First grade students of SMA Negeri 13 Kabupaten Tangerang in 2016-2017 Academic Year. A paper: Jakarta, The Study Program of English Education, School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka Jakarta, 2017.
The objective of this research was to get the empirical data on the readability level of reading texts in English textbook entitle "English" published by Bumi Aksara which is written by Desma Dardjis, Sophian Fanany, Aisyah Anwar for the first grade students of Senior High School.
The method used in this study was descriptive analysis using quantitative data and the instrument used was cloze test. There are 20 reading texts type of the book, but the writer only took 8 reading texts as the sample technique and the respondents consist of 43 students of the first grade students of SMA Negeri 13 Kabupaten Tangerang which is taken by using the method of purpose to find out of the readability level of the reading texts.
The finding of this research, the writer got the average score of 8 reading texts is 34,59%. Thus, it could be concluded that the reading texts were in the English text book entitle "English" not suitable to be used for the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 13 Kabupaten Tangerang because the readability level of the reading texts were in the frustration Level, and they were predicted that the texts in this book is very difficult; it means that the students couldn't read and comprehend the texts.