Feeling Intention Lived Experience

C. Theoretical Framework

Textbooks are a common element in English teaching. Textbooks are regarded as the most vital means for conveying knowledge, for measuring what students do and do not learn in class. Besides, textbooks also help teachers to put instructions in class by supplying various exciting activities, appropriate reading texts, and meaningful examples, exercises, and also questions. Considering the importance of textbooks previously mentioned, the researcher assumes that a lot of teachers need to select textbooks to be applied in class. This is because the teachers need to find materials, exercises, activities and or ideas to teach the students. Moreover, the fact that each day most teachers have several classes in a row makes it difficult for them to have enough time to prepare their own materials. Other assumption of teachers‟ using textbooks is class is that the teachers need to give the same topic, the same materials, the same exercise, and even the same activities to the students in the same grade so that the teachers could measure the students‟ success in learning particular topics. However, teachers might not have full freedom to select textbooks since there is a fact that the government has provided textbooks to support the current 2013 Curriculum to be distributed to schools. Yet, the prescribed textbooks have not been distributed thoroughly to all schools in Indonesia since the production process have not finished yet. This might lead the teachers to dilemma whether they need to wait for the prescribed textbooks or to select at least one of textbooks published in markets considering the needs to find out one to teach in class. If the teachers prefer to select and use textbooks published in markets, the problem which might then rise is the limitation such as budget, time and resources, which could affect the teachers in the process of proper textbooks selection. Therefore, it is theoretically important to conduct a study on how teachers actually carry out a textbook selection. Selecting an appropriate textbook is considered as an important and challenging process as it has a big influence on students‟ engagement, motivation to learn, and language performance. Brown 2004: 25 states that textbooks selection is a process of matching the theory of learning with the needs in a textbook right before teachers use the books. The criteria used in the process of selecting textbooks itself have been mentioned by Masuhara 1998: 257 and Byrd 2001. They reveal that a good textbook should suit to the needs of students, teachers and the administrators. This study will interpret teachers‟ lived experience in textbook selection. The researcher aims to elaborate and interpret how a teacher gives meanings to the process of textbook selection. To answer the question of the study, the researcher would conduct a qualitative study. To interpret how the SMA English teacher assigns meanings to the textbook selection, the researcher mainly used Masuhara‟s textbook evaluation steps and Masuhara‟s list of needs in selecting textbook. To improve the trustworthiness, the researcher interviewed the participants in two periods, before and after analysis. The following is the construct of theoretical framework of the study. Construct 1 Category Construct 2 Indicator Lived experience is the reflection of meaningful experience covering understanding, Understanding Textbooks selection is a process of selecting certain textbooks which is - Definition of textbooks selection - Criteria of a good textbook - Meaning of textbooks selection for teachers - Reasons why teachers