An Analysis of The Reading Materials in An English Textbook Entitled “Bahasa Inggris” for The First Year of Senior High School

yusdi daulay, se., mm.; ir. tukirin, mm.; drs. sigit sumarsono, m.pd.; siti aminah, m.pd.;

SISKA WINDIYANI. NIM: 1201065229. An Analysis of The Reading Materials in An English Textbook Entitled “Bahasa Inggris” for The First Year of Senior High School. Paper. Jakarta: The School of Teacher Training and Education. The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka, 2017.
The objective of the research was to find the empirical evidence of the reading materials in the English textbook entitled “Bahasa Inggris” for tenth grade students of senior high schools were suitable to 2013 curriculum or not. The object of the research was the reading materials in the English textbook entitled “Bahasa Inggris” for tenth grade students. It was written by Utami Widyati, Furaidah, and Zuliati Rohmah and it was published by Pusat Kurikulum dan Perbukuan, Balitbang, Kemendikbud, year 2014. The method of the study was a descriptive comparative analysis method. In this case, the writer compared the reading materials in the textbook with the English syllabus based on 2013 Curriculum. The writer used checklist as the instrument. Each checklist was used for recording one indicator of the reading materials in the English syllabus of 2013 Curriculum. From the writer’s analyzed, the percentage of reading text types in the textbook was 18% for the first semester and 26% for the second semester. The percentage of reading competence was 19% for the first semester and 11% for the second semester. The total percentage of the reading material in textbook for the first semester was 13.5% and the second semester was 18.5%. It means the reading materials in the textbook were very poor. From the result of the research, it can be concluded that the English textbook entitled “Bahasa Inggris” for tenth grade students cannot be used by the teacher and students in teaching and learning process.