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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. The Description of the Data
Pathway to English is the title of the textbook that is analyzed by the writer. The authors of the textbook are Th. M. Sudarwati and Eudia Grace. The editors
of the textbook are Dwi Wahyu Priyanto and Raymond S. Furthermore, the textbook is published by Erlangga Publisher in the 2014.
This textbook is created for Senior High School and MA Grade XI General Programme. It facilitates the students to learn not only the four basics English
skills; listening, speaking, reading, writing, but also the language components, grammar and vocabulary.
Additionally, this textbook employs the newest 2013 curriculum of English subject. There are 12 chapters in the textbook. Every chapter has different
themes and topics to learn for the students. Those themes are related with the subject or material that will be learnt by the students.
Moreover, there are many exercises that include in the Pathway to English textbook. Those exercise practice all the four basic language skills, listening,
speaking, reading, and writing, and the language components, grammar and vocabulary. However, this study focus only on the reading exercises that also
includes in the Pathway to English textbook. For the reading skill itself, there are 7 kinds of the reading texts in the
Pathway to English textbook for the 11
th
grade of senior high school students and those text types are clearly written in the textbook. Those reading texts are letter,
report text, analytical exposition text, biography, song, dialogue and manual instruction text or procedural text.
The following table explains the distribution of the essay reading exercises in the Pathway to English textbook
Table 4.1 The Distribution of the Essay Reading Exercises
Ch. Theme
The Exercises in Every
Chapter The Reading
Exercises The Essay Reading
Exercise
1 You should keep
your environment
clean 21 Exercises
5 Exercises 3 Exercises
Exercise 16, 17, 18
2 As far as I
concern 22 Exercises
2 Exercises 2 Exercises
Exercises 8,14
3 I wish you all the
best 26 Exercises
4 Exercises 4 Exercises
Exercise 4, 9, 12, 16
4 We cordially
invite you 23 Exercises
7 Exercises 3 Exercises
Exercise 6, 14, 15
5 Dear my beloved
mother 28 Exercises
6 Exercises 4 Exercises
Exercise 1, 3, 11, 12
6 Do the following
instruction 25 Exercises
3 Exercises 1 Exercise
Exercise 5 7
It’s found near a pond
24 Exercises 4 Exercises
1 Exercise Exercise 1
8 If I have a lot of
money… 24 Exercises
2 Exercises 2 Exercises
Exercise 3 and 6 9
Is it a mammal? 19 Exercises
6 Exercises 2 Exercises
Exercise 6 and 14
10 Why is it a good
habit to have? 27 Exercises
10 Exercises 7 Exercises
Exercise 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 22
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