CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter describes the research findings based on the data that could be collected. The presentation will be in line with the problems formulated in the first
chapter, they are a English material presentation within the English textbook, b The agreement of the English material coverage in the textbook with the latest
syllabus suggested.
A. English Material Presentation within the English Textbook
The term textbook is used here to mean the smart step an English textbook of which the teacher and usually, each student should be owned, and which is in
principle to be followed systematically as the basis for English language learning at MTs Pembangunan.
A textbook provides a clear framework; teacher and learners know where they are going and what is coming next. Besides, the learner can use the textbook
to learn new material, review and monitor progress with some degree of autonomy. Therefore, a learner without a textbook is more teachers dependent.
The material presentation in this study is observed from the material
coverage in Smart Steps the Smartest Way to Learning English an English Textbook for Junior High School Grade VII
for the odd semester, published by GANECA EXACT as presented in the following table:
Table 4.1. English Material Presentation in Smart Step an English textbook
used in MTs Pembangunan.
No Themes Sub Themes
Order of Actional Competence
Description
1 Personal
Identity Introduction
Listening Speaking
Reading Listening about identity
Describing own and others identity
Reading a story about David Holbe
2 3
School Life Family Life
Personal Appearance
School Facilities
School Activities
Family Life Family
Activities Writing
Listening Speaking
Reading Writing
Listening Speaking
Reading Writing
Listening Speaking
Reading Writing
Listening Speaking
Reading Writing
Listening Speaking
Reading Completing sentences about
idemntity Listening about physical
appearance Asking answering
question on physical appearance
Reading a story about Kimora Lee Perkins
Writing own physical description
Listening about school facilities
Talking about school facilities
Reading about Agus school and a library regulation
Writing school regulation Listening about school
activities Talking about school life
Reading an announcement entitled student writing
contest Completing information
about school Listening about family
members Asking answering
questions on family members
Reading a story entitled family members
Writing a paragraph about family members
Listening about family and parts of house
Practicing to give information, commands, ad
orders Reading a story entitled
thanksgiving on the farm my family activities
4 Job
Work Workplace
Things We Did in the Past
Writing Listening
Speaking Reading
Writing Listening
Speaking Reading
Writing Writing sentences about
family activities Practicing to hear words
with similar pronunciation Talking about occupations
Reading about Kiko Chen, Sally Mason, and William
Delons occupation Writing about anything
related to occupations Listening about past time
Talking about past activities Reading stories about Dwi
Andreas and past time school
Writing about past activities
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From the data above shows that the textbook entitled Smart Step the
smartest way to learning English for Junior High School grade VII published by Ganeca Exact which has been developed based on the competency based
curriculum, written by Ali Akhmadi is designed for the whole year study. It consists of 8 themes which are developed into 15 subthemes which the themes of
this book are suitable with the curriculum; they are personal identity, school life, family life, job, stories, hobbies, things around us, and shopping. These themes
are devided into two semesters. 4 themes consist of 8 subthemes for the odd semester and 4 chapter consist of 7 subthemes for the even semester where in each
subtheme involves actional competence, they are listening, speaking, reading and writing, and also four others competences. Therefore, the four skills as the main
focus of this book, other language components such as structure, vocabulary, and pronunciation are also given in this book which is suitably with the theme. These
language components are presented in short sentences, giving tables, quiz, and guided practices. And there is also a language focus where the students learn how
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Ali Akhmadi, et.al., Smart Steps the Smartest Way to Learning English an English Textbook for Junior High School Grade VII,
Jakarta: Ganeca Exact, 2004.
to use some expression for certain situations and to learn some English grammar found in the text. Besides actional competence, there are discourse competence,
which is concerned with the mastery of ways to combine grammatical forms and meaning to produce either a spoken or written utterance wholly in various forms,
linguistic competence, socio cultural competence and strategic competence which are presented by integrated in each theme. In every themes are also completed by
the description of basic competence, indicators and main materials. Because the writer analyzed only for the odd semester, she would analyze
only on the themes presented for the odd semester which consist of 4 chapters with 8 units.
B. The Agreement of the English Material Coverage in the Textbook with
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