The Analysis of Language Skills Proportion in English Textbook Grade XI Published by Kemendikbud 2014

摘要

The main part of teaching and learning process is good materials and activity for students which are represented by a textbook. Evaluation on a textbook is needed in order to evaluate the content to the need of teaching and learning process and the goal of the curriculum. This research aims to evaluate English textbook grade XI published by Kemendikbud 2014 on the proportion of language skills (including grammar). The method used was descriptive quantitative. The object of the research was English textbook grade XI published by Kemendikbud (first and second semester). There are five chapters for the first semester and six chapters for the second semester. The total chapter was eleven. The instrument was evaluation checklist adapted from Four Strand's theory by Nation and Macalister (2010). The result showed that the proportion of language skills represented by English textbook Grade XI published by Kemendikbud 2014 was not balanced for all components of language skills. Writing, Grammar, and Speaking were represented in balanced proportion while Reading and Listening were not balanced. These two portions were represented very poorly, 7% for Reading and 1% for Listening. These findings need to be re-evaluated in order to make the textbook is able to use properly and suit to the goal of English learning as stated in the Curriculum.