Content Analysis of English Textbook “When English Rings a Bell” for Junior High School Grade Seven

Abstract

This research was accomplished to find out whether English textbook “When English Rings A Bell” for Junior High School on seventh grade fulfilled each criterion of textbook evaluation criteria. The researcher used qualitative analysis as the research design. The data source was collected from English textbook “When English Rings A Bell” for Junior High School on seventh grade. The instrument of this study was textbook evaluation criteria. The researcher collected the data by using checklist to evaluate the textbook then analyzing the data shown from the checklist and making some interpretations, and finally describing the results from the assessment table. The result confirmed that English textbook “When English Rings A Bell” for Junior High School on seventh grade was categorized as inappropriate book because there were only four of fourteen sub- criteria which were fulfilled, namely the objectives were given in the beginning of the book and each chapter, the topic or materials were suitable with the objectives, there were visual materials relevant with the topic, and the instructions of the exercises were clear and easy to understand in terms of completed by examples, while the rest ten criteria were not fulfilled. It was recommended to the teacher to cover the weaknesses of the book by their teaching style or to find another reference outside this textbook. Keywords: Textbook, Evaluation Criteria

Approaches and Limitations of L2 Textbook Evaluation Research

“…Foundational work on the study of L2 writing strategies has investigated ESL textbooks for use within the context of the United States (Raimes, 1986). More recent work has investigated the proportion of writing strategies in EFL textbooks across the globe, such as in Japan (Kobayakawa, 2011), Jordan (Al-Qadi & Al-Qadi, 2015), Pakistan (Habib & Umar, 2017), Indonesia (Cahyati, Srijono, & Hum, 2018). A summary of these studies can be found in Table 1, which shows that these textbooks do not equally address all aspects of the writing process-with each study tending to emphasize certain components at the expense of others.…”

“…Research on the inclusion of prewriting strategies in textbooks addresses two main aspects. First, studies examine the types of prewriting strategies offered in textbooks, such as: freewriting, brainstorming, instructions to pose questions about a topic, journal writing (Raimes, 1986), discussion to generate ideas, the making of notes/listing (Johnston, 1996), and the collection of relevant information (Al-Qadi & Al-Qadi, 2015;Cahyati, Srijono, Hum, 2018). Second, research investigates the frequency of prewriting strategies in textbooks.…”

“…For instance, Al-Qadi and Al-Qadi (2015) analyzed one 10 th grade L2 textbook which contained 12 units and found that the collecting information strategy was discussed in 7 of those units (14.3%). Cahyati et al (2018) examined one 7 th grade L2 textbook used in Indonesia and reported that it mentioned two types of prewriting strategies: listing of essential ideas and collecting information.…”

“…Previous studies have shown that writing prompts in textbooks focus on providing opportunities for students to practice two levels of writing: sentence-level and discourse-level writing. Cahyati et al (2018) stated that sentence-level activities instruct students to write short sentences, such as to write about their daily lives and complete conversations. Discourse-level activities ask students to write essays, such as asking them to write an essay report about the locations of some public facilities in town.…”

Nilai religius dalam buku teks bahasa Inggris untuk SMP/Tsanawiyah

“…Dengan demikian, teks yang berposisi di bawah dianggap lebih penting karena merupakan penjelasan atau penjabaran dari teks pertama. b. Warna biru (tosca) diasosiasikan dengan langit atau air, sehingga warna tersebut dimaknai dengan ketenangan, kemurnian, kesegaran (Krisnawati, 2005). Jika dikaitkan dengan nilai pendidikan karakter, pemilihan warna biru lembut pada gambar atau ilustrasi berhubungan dengan nilai-nilai religius yang menjunjung kemurnian dan kelembutan.…”