The Readability of the ReadingTexts in “Bahasa Inggris” Textbook for the Eleventh Grade Students of Senior High Schools, West Jakarta in the 2016/2017 Academic Year

ahmad syafii; drs. susilo wardoyo, m.pd.; drs. sigit sumarsono, m.pd.;

ERI FITRIANI. 1201065069. The Readability of the ReadingTexts in “Bahasa
Inggris” Textbook for the Eleventh Grade Students of Senior High Schools, West
Jakarta in the 2016/2017 Academic Year. Paper. Jakarta: The School of Teacher
Training and Education. The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka,
2017.
The objective of this research was to get empirical measures of the readability
levels of the reading texts of an English text book entitled Bahasa Inggris as used by
the Eleventh Grade Students of public senior high schools (SMAN 33, SMAN 56,
SMAN 84, SMAN 95, West Jakarta in the 2016/2017 Academic Year. The book was
published by Pusat Kurikulum dan Pembukuan, Balitbang, Kemendikbud. The
method of the research was a descriptive quantitative method. To get the data, the
instruments used were cloze tests made from the sample texts in the book. It was
found that in the four schools most texts have been in independent levels. (In SMAN
33 found 94.21%; in SMAN 56 found 89.28%, SMAN 84 found 90.61% and in
SMAN 95 found 90.40%). The conclusion: Most text of reading in the textbook
concerned have been in the independent level, therefore the book has not been
appropriate for teaching reading skills.