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82 This textbook also includes materials for pronunciation work. Thus, the
next criterion about the availability of materials for pronunciation work was fulfilled. Cunningsworth 1995 mentions that pronunciation materials mostly
cover the articulation of individual sounds, word stress, sentence stress and some aspects of intonation, while Riddell 2003 adds the benefit of phonetic
transcription as a guide for the students. The pronunciation exercises can be found almost in each unit. The pronunciation practices in this textbook cover the
materials of individual sounds such as silent -gh- on page 10, double -o- sound on page 67, -ch- sound on page 82, silent w on page 107, sounds of -th- on page
127, the pronunciation of the letter “o” on page 143, the sound [ᴣ] and [ʃ] on page 162 and semi vowels [j] and [w] on page 179. The material of falling intonation is
found on page 46. The example of pronunciation material could be seen in Figure 4.11.
Figure 4.11 Example of pronunciation material on page 10
The pronunciation materials are related to the certain words that have been learned by the students in the previous examples of expression and dialogues. For
83 example, the pronunciation materials of silent -gh- on page 10 are presented as
there are some words such as right and alright which have been learned before in materials about granting request. Key of Pronunciation is a part of the textbook
which provides phonetic symbols and their examples. This part can be used as guidance for students in practicing their pronunciation. Some of the vocabularies
in the textbook are also accompanied by the phonetic transcription. Therefore, when the students learn the new vocabularies, they also get guidance on how to
pronounce the words. The Example can be seen in Figure. 4.12.
Figure 4.12 Vocabulary exercise is accompanied by phonetic transcription
The next fulfilled criterion deals with learners’ discourse competence. Cunningsworth 1995 states that consciously or subconsciously, the models of
discourse are presented in the textbooks as there are examples of language use in dialogues, reading texts and listening passages. In other words, the models of
discourse basically can be found in any textbooks. However, he elaborates that in a reading text, there should be display of features of authentic text, such as
coherent structuring of content, paragraphing and appropriate use of cohesive