THE EVALUATION OF WRITING EXERCISESOF ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “ The Evaluation Of Writing Exercises Of English Textbook Entitled “Contextual English 1” Based On School - Based Curriculum.

THE E

EVALUATION OF WRITING EXERCISE TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “CONTEXTUAL E

SED ON SCHOOL - BASED CURRICULUM

RESEARCH PAPER

itted as Partial Fulfillment of the Requireme for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education

in English Department

by IDA NURIA A.320 080 301

ii APPROVAL

THE EVALUATION OF WRITING EXERCISES

OF ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “CONTEXTUAL ENGLISH 1” BASED ON SCHOOL - BASED CURRICULUM

RESEARCH PAPER

by IDA NURIA A 320 080 301

Approved to be Examined by Consultant

Second Consultant First Consultant

Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M. Hum.

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ACCEPTANCE

Accepted and Approved by Board of Examiner School of Teacher Training and Education

Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta on June 19th 2012

Team of Examiner:

1. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M. Hum. ( )

NIP. 19590601 198503 1 003 (Chair Person)

2. Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum. ( )

NIK. 477 (Member I)

3. Drs. H. Maryadi, MA. ( )

NIP. 19580304 198603 1 001 (Member II)

Dean,

iv TESTIMONY

Herewith, I testify that in this research paper, there is no plagiarism of the previous literary work which has been raised to obtain bachelor degree of a university, nor there are opinions or masterpieces which have been written or published by others, except those in which the writing are referred in the manuscript and mentioned in literary review and bibliography.

Hence, later, if it is proven that are some untrue statements in this testimony, I will be fully responsible.

Surakarta, June 19th 2012

v MOTTO

اًرْﺲُﻳِﺮْﺴُﻌْﻟاَﻊَﻣﱠنِا

Sesungguhnya sesudah ada kesulitan, ada jalan keluar (kemudahan)

(Q.S. Al-Insyiroh : 6)

Verily, with every difficulty there is relief. (Alam Nasyrah/94: 6) God could not change someone’s life if they do not make the effort

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DEDICATION

This r esear ch paper is dedicat ed t o:

 The Mer cif ul ALLAH SW T and his Pr ophet Muhammad SAW ,

 My beloved mot her and f at her ,

 My beloved sist er s and br ot her s,

 Someone who is always a secr et per son f or my lif e,

 My beloved nephew (Almar hum D”Fur qan),

 My f r iends, Dewi, I phe, Phela, Yuni, D’lia, lina, Ambar and all of

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LIST OF ABBREVIATION

U : Unit

CE : the title of the textbook analyzed (Contextual English 1) P : Page

Pct : Percentage F : Frequency

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LIST OF TABLE page

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Assalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb.

Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin. Praise and gratitude to Allah SWT, The Lord of Universe, The Merciful and Compassionate, thanks for continuing to guide her life, His blessing and guidance support her finishing this research paper. Praise and invocation are presented to Prophet Muhammad Saw, who has led people to the right way.

The writer would like to express her sincere gratitude for all of people who give contribution to make this research paper more complete. Without their contribution the writer is likely impossible to finish it. The writer is indebted all of them. Therefore, on this opportunity she would like to express her special and deepest gratitude and appreciation to:

1. Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si., as the Dean of the School of Teacher Training and Education of Muhammadiyah University,

2. Titis Setyabudi, S. Si, M. Hum., Head of English Department of FKIP UMS,

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helpful guidance of this research paper,

5. The writers’ family who have given her prayer and motivation, 6. All the writer friend’s,

7. All of Lectures’ in English Department of Surakarta, 8. Librarian in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.

This research paper is far from perfect, therefore, the writer accepts all of the criticism for her research paper.

Wassalamu’alaikum. Wr. Wb

Surakarta, June 19th 2012

xi SUMMARY

Ida Nuria. A. 320 080 301. THE EVALUATION OF WRITING EXERCISES OF ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED “CONTEXTUAL ENGLISH I” BASED ON SCHOOL-BASED CURRICULUM. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. Research Paper. 2012.

There are many books that claimed that they are suitable with the School- Based Curriculum. Based on the statement, the writer wants to analyze if the textbook “Contextual English 1” is compatible with the School-based Curriculum or not. In this research the writer focuses on the writing exercises. The aims of this research are to describe whether or not the writing exercises are compatible with those required in School-based Curriculum, and to describe whether or not the writing exercises facilitate the students to achieve the competency.

In analyzing the textbook, the writer uses descriptive research and the data are exercises that are taken in Contextual English 1. The writer collects the data by reading the English textbook, and than classifies the exercises containing writing exercises.

The results of this study show that the percentage for the writing exercises developed in “Contextual English I” based on the percentage, referring to schema of quality classification proposed by Suharsimi (1993) is 77, 78%. Among the nine competencies in School-based Curriculum there are seven sub-competencies that are presented in writing exercises in the textbook that are compatible with School-based Curriculum. From the result of the percentage above the writer concludes that the quality of writing exercises in the textbook is very good in developing writing skill as demanded by the School-based Curriculum, and the second result of this research is the writing exercises of the textbook facilitate the students to achieve the competency of writing.

Key Words: Writing Exercises, Contextual English 1, and School-based Curriculum.

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CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION ... 19

A. Research Finding ... 19

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CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 45 A. Conclusion ... 45 B. Suggestion ... 47 BIBLIOGRAPHY