E. The Technique of Data Analysis
After collecting the data, the writer used the checklist table to identify and to classify, and later to describe the variety of genre of reading texts, their social
function, generic structure, and linguistic feature. Then in interpreting the data analysis, the writer used descriptive qualitative analysis. The analysis began with
scoring then it interpreted by defining a criteria. The following steps of the analysis are:
1. Identifying genre of reading texts and their features in English on Sky 2
textbook with KTSP; 2.
Comparing the genre of reading texts in English on Sky 2 textbook with KTSP by calculating the percentage of the data from the analysis;
3. Interpreting the data analysis by using descriptive qualitative analysis.
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A.
The Description of Data
The writer conducted the study on genre analysis of reading texts in English On Sky 2 textbook for the second grade of SMPN 10 Ciputat.
Here are the physical description of the textbook, the description of the textbook contents, and the table explaining the genre of reading text and
their features, social function, generic structure, and linguistic feature, as
follows: 1.
The Physical Description of the Textbook
Title : English on Sky 2
Author : Mukarto, Sujatmiko, Josephine S. M., and Widya
Kiswara Editor
: Dwi Wahyu Priyanto and Anna Valentina Proofreader
: Sara Ann Rude Publisher
: Erlangga Level
: VIII Physical size
: 17.5 cm x 25 cm Units
: 8 Target skills
: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing
2. The Description of the Textbook Contents
Table 4.1 The Distribution of the Genres of the Reading Texts in the Textbook
No Genre
The Unit of Reading Texts Score
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
1 Descriptive
Page 17,20
Page 37,40
416 x 100 = 25
2 Recount
Page 63, 66
Page 94, 96
Page 176,
180 Page
205, 206
816 x 100 = 50
3 Narrative
Page 122,
124 Page
146- 147,
148 416 x 100
= 25
The result in percentage: 33 x 100 = 100
Related to the table above, there are four reading texts consisting of descriptive text, eight reading texts consisting of recount text, and four reading
texts consisting of narrative text. It means there are 16 reading texts in the textbook that are in line with the genres required in School-Based Curriculum
– Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan KTSP of SMPN 10. They are descriptive
text, recount text and narrative text. According to KTSP, the descriptive and the recount text have to be stated as the part of the first semester, and for the second
semester, the recount and the narrative text are required. As we can see from the table, the descriptive text spreads in unit 1 and 2. The three kinds of recount text
spread in unit 3, 4, 7, and 8, two personal recount texts in unit 3 and 8, two procedural recount texts in unit 4, and two biographical recount texts in unit 7.
Last, the narrative text spreads in unit 5 and 6.
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