U-JET: Unila Journal of English Teaching
Vol 8, No 1 (2019): U-JET

The Evaluation of English Textbook Entitled: "When English Rings A Bell" Used by The Eighth Graders of Junior High School

Resty Rahmawanti (Lampung University)
Cucu Sutarsyah (Lampung University)
Ari Nurweni (Lampung University)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Apr 2019

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi kualitas buku "When English Rings A Bell", mengevaluasi kualitas buku berdasarkan perspektif guru, mengidentifikasi materi buku  dengan kurikulum 2013, dan memberikan rekomendasi dari evaluasi buku .Penelitian ini menggunakan tiga instrumen: daftar periksa kualitatif yang diadaptasi dari Cunningsworth pada enam kriteria, wawancara mendalam pada guru, dan silabus kurikulum 2013. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa buku sesuai dengan kriteria berdasarkan teori dalam hal tujuan dan pendekatan, keterampilan bahasa, dan topik. Namun, tidak sesuai dengan desain dan organisasi, dan konten bahasa. Hal ini mengungkapkan para guru menganggap buku kredibel untuk digunakan siswa walaupun ada yang berasumsi perlu beberapa revisi. Terakhir, dengan menggunakan (KD 3-4) silabus, persentase diperoleh 98% (sangat baik) yang menunjukkan hampir semua materi buku konsisten dengan KD 3-4. This research were aimed to evaluate the quality of English textbook ”When English Rings A Bell”, to evaluate the quality of the textbook based on  teachers’ perspective, to identify textbook materials with 2013 curriculum and to give recommendation from textbook evaluation. This research used three instruments: qualitative checklist adapted from Cunningsworth (1995), in-depth interview, and 2013 curriculum syllabus. The result revealed that the textbook fits the good criteria in terms of aims and approaches, language skills, and topics. However, it does not fit design and organization, and language content. It revealed that the teachers considered the textbook as credible to be used by the learners although one assumed that it needs some revisions. Lastly, by using (KD 3-4) of the syllabus the percentage obtained is 98% (very good). It is discovered that almost all materials in the textbook are consistent with the KD 3-4. Keywords: Textbook Evaluation, English Textbook, Cunningsworth’s checklist, (KD 3-4).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

123

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Ujet is a quarterly journal (March, June, September and December) published by the English Language Study Program, Department of Language and Arts Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Lampung. It addresses a wide range of different fields in English teaching and ...