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Muhammad Zahrudhin Verdiansyah
Brawijaya University

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Text Complexity in Reading Texts of Indonesian Senior High School English Textbooks Using Coh- Metrix 3.0 Muhammad Zahrudhin Verdiansyah; Sahiruddin Sahiruddin; Putu Dian Danayanti Degeng
Diglossia Vol 12, No 1 (2020): September
Publisher : Unipdu Jombang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26594/diglossia.v12i1.1925

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AbstractThis study examined text complexity, mainly related to lexical/sematic and syntactical complexity. Two English textbooks of grade 10 and 12 of Indonesian senior high schools are assessed. Four reading texts in each book respectively selected based on text genre and word length. Coh-Metrix 3.0 was utilised. Descriptive statistics were presented, and Independent T-test was conducted to perceive differences on texts in the two textbooks. Finally, it was found that between grade 10 and grade 12, the complexity on both lexical and syntactical aspects showed no difference, but texts in grade 10 tend to produce significantly more consistent of the syntactic constructions than grade 12. It is suggested that texts in grade 12 should be revised to meet reading texts based on their levels relating to character of sophistication of language complexity.Keywords: Lexical Complexity, Reading, Syntactical Complexity  AbstrakPenelitian ini mengkaji kompleksitas pada teks, terutama yang berhubungan pada kompleksitas leksikal/semantik dan sintaktik. Dua buku Bahasa Inggris Sekolah Menengah Keatas kelas 10 dan 12 yang dinilai. 4 teks bacaan masing-masing pada setiap buku dipilih berdasarkan genre teks dan panjang teks. Coh-Metrix 3.0 yang dipakai. Deskriptif statistik dipersembahkan dan Independent T-test dilakukan untuk melihat perbedaan pada teks di dua buku tersebut. Akhirnya, ditemukan bahwasanya diantara kedua buku (kelas 10 dan 12), kompleksitas pada aspek leksikal maupun sintaksis menunjukkan tidak ada perbedaan, tetapi teks di kelas 10 secara signifikan cenderung lebih konsisten pada konstruksi sintaksisnya daripada di kelas 12. Hal ini disarankan bahwa teks pada kelas 12 sebaiknya direvisi agar sesuai dengan level terkait dengan karakter kekompleksitasan kebahasaanya.Keywords: Bacaan, Kompleksitas Leksikal, Kompleksitas Sintaktik 
Lexical Cohesions in A Grade X English Textbook by Indonesian Education and Culture Ministry Muhammad Zahrudhin Verdiansyah; Sahiruddin Sahiruddin; Putu Dian Danayanti Degeng
Diglossia Vol 11, No 1 (2019): September
Publisher : Unipdu Jombang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26594/diglossia.v11i1.1751

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The article aims to examine the patterns of lexical cohesion in light of the cohesion model proposed by Halliday and Hasan in 1976. Halliday and Hasan identified 2 categories of lexical cohesion which are: reiteration and collocation. Though, the present study merely discussed the category of reiteration. This study uses English textbook of Indonesian X Grade Senior High School Students published by Indonesian Education & Culture Ministry. Analysis of text comprises Halliday and Hasan’s cohesion model, and analyze linguistic techniques used in the textbook. The result of the study found repeated occurrences of lexical cohesion of reiteration which are: repetition, synonym or near-synonym & superordinate. The sub-category of synonym or near – synonym was found to be the most frequently occurring lexical cohesion; suggesting that the English textbook of Indonesian X Grade Senior High School Students published by Indonesian Education & Culture Ministry are cohesive.Keyword: English textbook, Lexical cohesion