Suggestions

CHAPTER IV DATA DESCRIPTION, DISCUSSION, AND TRUSTWOTHINESS

C. Suggestions

The suggestions mostly are addressed to the writers of the textbooks from which

reading materials evaluated taken, Payakumbuh Education Department, principles and

English teachers. For the writers, it is suggested to improve the modeling of texts in

written cycle, especially in providing exercises to understand the content and genre of the

texts. The exercises should be arranged from simple to difficult ones and the students can

also develop their reading strategies through the exercises provided. Besides, the texts

provided should contain current cultural information of target language and can be the

window to learn the culture of the target language. Payakumbuh Education Department

should give training to English teachers in Payakumbuh about analyzing reading

materials as an attempt to improve the quality of teaching English and to have a team to

analyze reading materials that can be suggested to use by English teachers. Finally, for

English teacher, it is suggested to English teachers to enrich their knowledge about

characteristics of genres intended for grade X Senior High School and criteria of a good

text for students of English as a foreign language in order to have qualified criteria to

analyze other English reading materials for students in teaching reading to improve

students’ reading ability.

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