An Analysis of the Readability Level of the Reading Text on English Textbook Entitled Bahasa Inggris for the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Keluarga Widuri South Jakarta in the 2018/2019 Academic Year

kana hidayati; dr. burhayani, m.pd.; heni novitasari, m. pd;

DEVY SHETIA WINDA. 1301065042. An Analysis of the Readability Level of the Reading Text on English Textbook Entitled Bahasa Inggris for the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Keluarga Widuri South Jakarta in the 2018/2019 academic year. A Paper, The Study Programme of English Education, The School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka, Jakarta 2019.
The objective of this research was to measure the readability level of reading texts of “Bahasa Inggris” textbook written by Emi Emilia and Helena I.R Agustien for the eleventh grade students in the 2018/2019 academic year, and it was published by Ministry of Education. The method of the research was descriptive quantitative method. In this method, the writer only obtained the information concerning with the readability of the English comprehension text for the eleventh grade students. The reading texts were taken from English textbooks “Bahasa Inggris“ for Eleventh Grade Student. The instrument is used the cloze procedure test to collect the data for the investigation. Based on the research findings, the writer concluded that the readability level of five reading texts in the English textbook “Bahasa Inggris” used as teaching reading materials for the eleventh grade students. It showed that the reading texts are not appropriate for the students because they are too easy. In addition, the students can comprehend and understand the reading material even without the teacher’s help.