AN ANALYSIS OF READING MATERIALS ON A TEXTBOOK FOR THE EIGHTH GRADER: REAL TIME AN INTERACTIVE ENGLISH COURSE FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS YEAR VIII

摘要

The aim of the study is to describe whether the reading materials in Real Time: An Interactive English Course for Junior High School Students Year VIII meet the aspects of content, the aspects of language use and readability, and the aspects of presentation proposed by Pusat Perbukuan, Ministry of National Education. The textbook was written by Nina Bates and published by Erlangga. The research is expected to give insights of understanding the quality of reading materials.ududThis study was designed as a documentary analysis in the form of descriptive qualitative research in which the result would be described in the form of words rather than statistical calculation. The data were collected from the reading section in the textbook. As supplementary tools of the instrument, forms of checklist were used during the research analysis.ududThe result indicated that the reading materials in Real Time textbook were appropriate with the criteria of a qualified English textbook proposed by Pusat Perbukuan, Ministry of National Education. There was nonconformity found in the textbook, i.e. there were some reading materials which are not presented in the textbook.