AN ANALYSIS ON THE READING PRESENTATION
OF
LET’S TALK
ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS
FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
A thesis
Submitted to English Department as a Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirements for S.Pd Degree
By:
JEANNY CALISTA
0801050128
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
Dedication
This thesis is proudly dedicated to:
♣♥ Allah SWT and the prophets ♥♣
Who given me all of things for my life and always guide me, “I am nothing without the blessing” ^_^
♥ My beloved Mother *mamake Tiwik* and Father *bapake Yono* ♥ Thank you for your pray, your endless love, your struggle, your sacrifice
and motivation,
“I love you so much mom dad” ^_^
♫ My supervisors *Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum and Listiani, M.Pd* ♫
Who have given me suggestion, advice, time, guidance and patience so that I could finish this research,
“Thank you so much” ^_^
♥ My beloved behel sisters *Miss Betha and Miss Thifa* ♥
Thank for your big attention, support, pray and advice that makes me strong to face this life,
“Love you so much” ^_^
♫ My lovely aunty and cousins *Bude Endank, mb Ela and mz Aan *♫ Thank you for your big support, advice, help and attention,
“Thank you so much” ^_^
♥My partner in love *Tidar Kurnia Pandu Arifin (ay vanpan jiban)*♥ Thank you for your love, big support, patience, attention and everything,
“Thank you so much” ^_^
♫My beloved lovely hunny bunny sweety friends♫
ready in beside me, you are really my best friend too) , *tiqoel* (thank you for your support and help, you are my crazy friend), *emon* (thank you for
your help and support, you are my kind friend), *emuss* (thank you for your help, you are my kind friend too), *kucrits* windoel*ecihh* dephol*kiwiel*nophil*miptah*nindy*basirun*lalangers*vian*anjun*entog*
thanks for everything, “Love you guys” ^_^
♪My beloved brother *mz Febri Indra Kurniawan*♪ And His father *Mr. Agus Sapto Nugroho (CMD)*
Thank you for your big support and advice, I learned from your discipline and hard work,
“Thank you so much” ^_^
♫My close friends♫
*dwi uwie cupliss*aurora*jenk Liyana*issa carrisa*Rizka ciriwit*nony nanny *aya farah*titis dora*mb ratih*de kaka* thank you for everything,
“Love you so much” ^_^
♥My beloved family PPL KKN SMPN 1 Rawalo♥
*unyel*unyil*nononk*bapake*ndangbo*mz encut*etwiinn*tioondol2*mz manan*titi*pupup*cepti*kimpul*mb injit*mb yiyin*mb muplay*afti*krisna*
“Thank you for our family relationship”....#kiss hug ^_^
♫My beloved *sweet C1 class*♫
and *A,B,C2,D class* English Department ’08 friends.
Thank you for our family relationship for the 4 years, I cannot mention you one by one,
*I will miss all of you* ^_^
♣My “Unyu-Unyu” Wisma Sakinah boarding house friends♣
*my sister ayukeekee*mb mennnik*mb mboke duii*imoet*mb nila*desong* mb ais*cepty ndut*mz andri*madam*vithul*shanti and etc*.
MOTTO
Don’t think about thesis but
you have to do
Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum
Man jadda
wajada
Hadist Rasulullah Imposible is nothing
Rr. Inti Rizky Prabawati, S.Pd
Success =
struggle + sacrifice + tears + effort + pray + desire +
spirit + confident + positive thinking + do the best
PREFACE
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb
In the name of Allah SWT, the beneficent, the almighty whose blessing has made all possible for the writer to finish this research paper first of all, the writer would like to thank to Allah SWT who has guidance, merciful, and his permission, so that she can finish writing her thesis as partial fulfillment to get S. Pd degree. Hadist
In this occasion, the writer would like to thank deeply to:
1. Drs. Joko Purwanto, M. Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
2. Endang Kusrini, S. Pd, M. Hum the head of English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
3. Drs. Pudiyono, M. Hum as the first supervisor who gave guidance, advice, support, and suggestion.
4. Listiani, M. Pd as the second supervisor who gave guidance, advice, support, and suggestion.
The writer believes that there are many weaknesses in her thesis, so the writer welcomes critics and suggestions to improve her further writing. She hopes her thesis will be useful for anyone, especially the students of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
Purwokerto 28 Agustus 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION…...……....………... 1
A. The Background of Research………..……… 1
B. The Reasons of Choosing the Topic ……….. 3
C. Research Problem……… 3
D. The Aims of Research………. 4
E. The Limitation of Problem……….. 4
F. Research Contribution...………. 4
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW...…...……… 5
A. Previous Researches…….……… 5
B. Textbook………....…………. 6
1. The Definition of Textbook………. 6
2. The Importance of Textbook……… 8
3. The Function of Textbook……… 9
4. The Roles of Textbook….……… 10
6. The Qualification of Textbook.……… 12
7. The Weakness of Textbook ……….……… 15
C. Reading………..………. 16
1. The Nature of Reading……….……… 16
2. The Purpose of Reading……….…….. 16
3. The Scope of Reading in Junior High School.…. 18 D. Reading Presentation... 19
E. English Syllabus of Junior High School ... 19
1. Definition of Syllabus……….……. 19
2. Criteria of an English Syllabus……….…… 19
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD……….……….... 21
A. The Method of Research……….. 21
B. The Object of Research……… 22
C. The Technique of Collecting Data……… 22
D. The Technique of Analyzing Data……… 23
CHAPTER IV RESULT and DISCUSSION... 24
A. Result... 24
B. Discussion... 38
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION and SUGGESTION... 76
A. Conclusion... 76
B. Suggestion... 77
ABSTRACT
AN ANALYSIS ON THE READING PRESENTATION OF “LET’S TALK” ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS
FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
JEANNY CALISTA 0801050128
A textbook is one of the material references of the English reading teaching at Junior High School. The English teacher has responsibility to select textbooks which used as a material in teaching learning process because not all of English textbooks present good reading materials. A good textbook should be relevant and support the implementation of the curriculum. The purposes of this research are to describe on how reading section is presented in textbook and to know whether “Let’s Talk” textbooks are compatible with English syllabus or not.
This research used a descriptive method. The subjects of this research were the textbooks entitled “Let’s Talk” English for Junior High School grades VII, VIII and IX. This research used two main instruments to collect the data: documentation and checklist evaluation criteria based on the English syllabus. After analyzing the content of the reading presentation of the books, the next step was concluding the result of the analysis of the description of reading presentation and percentage form to know how reading skill presented and the appropriate or inappropriate of the textbooks.
