The Readability Of The Reading Texts In An English Explorer As Used By The Students Of The Tenth Grade Of Tarbiatulwatan Mulniti School, Muang, Yala, Thailand In 2018/2019 Academic Year

h. ngasim wirjonohadi; drs. sigit sumarsono, m.pd; drs. zuhad ahmad, m.pd;

PADIMA HAYISAMAE. NIM: 1401065133: THE READABILITY OF THE
READING TEXTS IN AN ENGLISH EXPLORER AS USED BY THE
STUDENTS OF THE TENTH GRADE OF TARBIATULWATAN MULNITI
SCHOOL, MUANG, YALA, THAILAND IN 2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR
A Paper, Jakarta: The Study Program of English Education, The School of Teacher
Training and Education, the University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA
(UHAMKA), Jakarta, 2019.
The objective of this study is to get the empirical measures of the readability
level of the reading texts of "English Explorer", an English textbook written by Helen
Stepheson, published by Samnakpimmak and used by the tenth grade students of
Tarbiyatulwatan Mulniti School, Muang, Yala, Thailand. The study applied a
descriptive quantitative method which used cloze tests as the instrument for collecting
the students’ responses toward the selected texts. The study has found that the
readability level average of the 8 reading texts in English Explorer are too easy for
reading materials as they were intended for increasing the students’ reading skills.
Based on the data, the writer summarizes that the readability level of eight
reading texts in English textbook English Explorer for the tenth- grade students is
652.07/8 = 81.51