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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING

A. The Description of the Data

The textbook that is analyzed by the writer is Pathway to English 2 textbook for the eleventh grade of senior high school students, published by Penerbit Erlangga. This textbook is compiled by Th. M. Sudarwati and Eudia Grace and is claimed to be based on Curriculum 2013. This textbook consists of 244 pages and 12 chapters for 2 semesters. In this textbook, each chapter presents its social function, skills development listening, speaking, reading and writing, cultural awareness and ways to say words in English. As it is claimed that this textbook is based on Curriculum 2013, each chapter presents the 5 scientific methods in presenting the material to the students. These 5 scientific methods are observing, questioning, exploring, associating, and communicating. Therefore, teachers are able to use them as a guideline. This textbook contains 7 types of text with 32 reading texts. They are 3 formal invitation letters, 2 personal letters, 5 procedural texts, 9 factual academic reports, 7 analytical exposition texts, 5 biographies, and 1 song. From the 32 reading texts, the writer selects 19 texts to be analyzed. They are 2 formal invitation letters: Invitation 2 and Prof. Dr. ……… MBA, 1 personal letter: Dear Melodi, 3 procedural texts: How to Use Chopsticks, How to Make a Bookmark, and Tips of Treating a Washing-machine Well, 5 factual academic reports: Auctions, The Advantages of Broccoli, Mining Accident Again, Mobile Phones, and Panda, 4 analytical exposition texts: Why Books are Important for Us?, Save Your Money Now, Script 1, and Cheating o n the Test Doesn’t Take Any Benefits at All, 3 biographies: Cut Nyak Dhien, Abdul Haris Nasution, and William Shakespeare, and 1 song: This Land is Mine. Furthermore, the writer counts the number of syllables, words, and sentences of each text in http:www.countwordsworth.com . The procedure in counting them is by typing the text in the column in the website page. Then, the number syllables, words, and sentences of the text are automatically detected. Finally, the writer finds the calculation result as follows: Table 4.1 The Description of Syllables, Words, and Sentences Calculations of Reading Texts Text Number of Syllables Number of Words Number of Sentences Text 1 217 144 12 Text 2 287 151 11 Text 3 254 184 10 Text 4 249 179 13 Text 5 187 151 14 Text 6 218 137 19 Text 7 288 182 11 Text 8 234 127 9 Text 9 202 135 11 Text 10 623 342 16 Text 11 432 260 14 Text 12 378 249 21 Text 13 564 344 26 Text 14 218 137 9 Text 15 448 294 16 Text 16 261 166 8 Text 17 570 331 21 Text 18 249 168 13 Text 19 182 157 1

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