THE USE OF TENSES IN TEXTBOOK
FOR THE SECOND GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Anindia Lokitavera
112007124
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
THE USE OF TENSES IN TEXTBOOK
FOR THE SECOND GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Anindia Lokitavera
112007124
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
THE USE OF TENSES IN TEXTBOOK
FOR THE SECOND GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Anindia Lokitavera
112007124
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Prof. Dr. Gusti Astika, M. A. Listyani, M. Hum.
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THE USE OF TENSES IN TEXTBOOK
FOR THE SECOND GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Anindia Lokitavera
Abstract
Tenses play an important role in speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
Tenses
help students comprehend texts or stories which are used in textbook. This study investigated
what tenses were used in the textbook by trying to find the frequency and types of tenses and
their combinations used in the texts
.
This study used a descriptive method to describe the use of
tenses in a textbook:
Look Ahead
,
published in 2005.
This study only focused on the
reading
section of the book. In the analysis, the sentences with tenses were identified in accordance with
their uses based on the classifications of tenses proposed by
Folse, Solomon, & Palinkas (2008)
and Davidson (2003). The results showed that there were only 9 types of tenses in the textbook:
Simple Present Tense, Simple Past Tense, Past Continuous Tense, Past Perfect Tense, Simple
Future Tense, Present Perfect Tense, Present Continuous Tense, Future Continuous Tense, and
Present Perfect Continuous. This study can be very useful for teachers and language learners in
understanding the tenses used in the textbook.
Keywords: tenses, use of tenses, textbook
Introduction
Grammar is very important in English. Grammar is the glue that holds the language
together which means it is the way in which sentences are structured and the language is
formatted. Grammar helps for clearly and effectively communicating in English. Long and
Richards (1987: 279) stated that, grammar plays a role in speaking, listening, reading, and
writing skills. It means that, English learners who want to acquire the four skills, have to deal
with grammar in order to help learners to understand the language. Ur (1988: 4) also has the
