The Objective of the Research Method of the Research Population and Sample

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. The Objective of the Research

The objective of this research is to find out the readability level of an English textbook for tenth grade students of senior high school entitle Linked to the World that is published by Yudhistira in 2007. Since this book is used by the tenth grade students of Madrasah Aliyah Pembangunan UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, therefore, this research is also aimed to find out whether or not the reading texts in the textbook is readable for the tenth grade students of Madrasah Aliyah Pembangunan UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta.

B. Method of the Research

In this research, the writer uses descriptive analysis method in which she tries to describe, elaborate and analyze the readability level of an English textbook entitle Linked to the World 1 English for Senior High School grade X. This research also supported by library research method to find out the theory which is related to the topic of this research such as, the theory of readability, cloze procedure test, etc. Besides that, she also finds out the theories from another source such as, web-sites, articles, and journals. 26

C. Population and Sample

The population of this study is all the tenth grade students of Madrasah Aliyah Pembangunan UIN Syarif HIdayatullah, Jakarta. The number of the tenth grade students is 71 students which are divided into two classes. The writer took 50 of the students 36 students as the sample on this research. She chose all the students from the two classes who did the 6 texts. Among the 71 students there are 48 students who did the 6 texts. Then, from the 48 students she chose the 36 students randomly as the sample in this study. They are as the respondents to do the cloze test which is taken from the texts in the textbook they used. In addition, this textbook is divided into 7 units and each unit consists of two cycles, they are oral cycle and written cycle. In the oral cycles there are 14 reading texts while, in the written cycle there are 12 reading texts. Since this study is focusing in the reading therefore, the writer took the texts from the written cycle. From the 12 texts, the writer took the 6 texts randomly as the sample on this research for constructing the cloze procedure tests.

D. Time and Place of the Research