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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
In this chapter would be elaborated the findings based on the data gathered in the present study. The data collected from the result of tests and
interview would be analysed in relation with the research questions stated in the first chapter. The findings gathered during the reducing phase, later on,
would be discussed and triangulated in the second part of this chapter.
A. Findings
In this part, the study would present the data to answer the research questions, they were 1 To what extent do the levels of readability of English
textbooks Get Along with English 1 and English for SMK 1 for the tenth grade of vocational school students? 2 Do the readability levels of English
textbooks Get Along with English 1 and English for SMK 1 match to the tenth 8
grade students’ readability at five vocational schools in Majalengka? To answer the first question, this research made use of Fry Graph
readability formula. The formula determined the readability level of English textbooks. There were two textbooks used at five vocational schools in
Majalengka. In which Get Along with English 1 was used in SMKN 1 Maja and SMKN 1 Kadipaten, and English for SMK 1 was used in SMKN 1
Majalengka, SMKN 1 Panyingkiran and SMKN 1 Palasah.
To know the answer of the second research question, this research used a test as an instrument. The result of test indicated the reading level of
students which later on will be contrasted to the Fry graph readability level of English textbooks.
1. The Result of Tests
a. The Result of Readability Level of English Textbooks
Measurement by Using Fry Readability Graph
To determine the readability level of English textbooks, in this study picked out three representative passages which were taken from
both Get Along with English 1 and English for SMK 1. Each was taken from the initial, middle and last part of the textbooks. As elaborated in
the third chapter that the graph was drawn by calculating the average sentences of every 100 words regarding as Y axis, and the average
syllables of every 100 words as X axis. Later on the intersection of both averages on Y and X axis regarded as the grade level of the textbook.
1 The Readability Level of Get Along with English 1
Drawing the Fry graph readability level needed to find out the average sentences of every 100 words, the value puts on the X axis. The
Y axis was the average syllables of every 100 words. The X value was
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