THE RELEVANCY OF READING MATERIALS OF THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FUR THE FIRST YEAR STUDEATS OF SMA PUBLISHED BY ERLANGGA (2004) TO THE 2004 SMA ENGLISH CURRICULUM

Abstract

A textbook has to be analyzed comprehensively before they are selected and used for the English instructions in schools. This research was intended to analyze the relevancy of reading materials of the English textbook for the first year students of SMA published by Erlangga (2004) to the 2004 SMA English curriculum, focusing on reading texts and reading tasks presented in the textbook. This research was designed as content analysis. The data of this research were all of kinds of texts and reading tasks of the reading materials taken from the English textbook for the first year students of SMA published by Erlangga (2004). The 2004 SMA English curriculum was used as the standard measurement of analyzing the textbook. From the data analysis, the result showed that the percentage of the relevancy of reading material presented in the textbook was 80,5 %. When this result was consulted to the classification result of score Ievels, it lied in the interval of 80 % - l00 %. Therefore, it could be interpreted that the reading materials presented in the textbook is very relevant to the 2004 SMA English curriculum. Based on this result, the English teacher can use the reading materials on this English textbook in the teaching reading in the classroom. Besides, it is better for the publisher to present all of kinds of text and reading tasks that is recommended by 2004 SMA English curriculum. It can stimulate the students' interactions and develop the students' learning skills and abilities in English generally and reading skill particularly .