Hermeneutic Phenomenology Theoretical Review

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 belief, action, feeling, and intention. conducted before a teacher employs a textbook. select textbooks - How a textbook suits to teachers, students, and administrators Belief - The presence of textbooks in class - How the appropriate textbooks selection contributes to the success of teaching learning process - Language skills a textbook should expose most Action - Teachers‟ autonomy to select textbooks - Steps employed in selecting textbooks - Considerations underlain the choice s - Problems in practice Feeling - Feeling when selecting textbooks - Success and failure of conducting textbooks selection Intention - Intentions to do in the future textbooks selection Table 2.3. Construct of Theoretical Framework of Study