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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 50 taken from the average sentences of three sample passages. And the Y value was taken from the average number syllables of three sample passages of the textbook. In most study of readability, counting the sentences was by selecting the passage, and then limits counting the sentences until the hundredth word of the passage. Meaning that, the estimation was one sentence per 10 words. To find out the X value, it needed to know the number of syllables of the passage. The first passage comprises 279 words and 403 syllables. On the other words, it consisted of 149 syllables in a hundred words. The second passage consisted of 132 words and 203 syllables. It was about 153 syllables in a hundred words. The third passage consisted of 246 words and 339 syllables. It was being equal with 134 syllables in a hundred words. In order to know the readability level of English textbooks, it needed to find out the other axis they were Y values. The Y values were known by calculating the average sentences of every 100 words. Since there were three passages in each textbook, there would be three Y values to determine. The first passage consisted of 279 words and 15 sentences, it was about 6 sentences in a hundred words. The second passage consisted of 132 words and 13 sentences, and it was about 10 sentences in a hundred words. While, the third passage consisted of 246 words and 19 sentences, or about 8 sentences in a hundred words. The average numbers of both X and Y values of three passages of Get Along with English 1 in a hundred words can be seen in Table 4.1 below. Table 4.1 The Average Number of Sentences and Syllables in a Hundred Words of Passages in Get Along with English 1 No. Passage Average Syllables X Average Sentences Y 1. The first passage 149 6 2. The second passage 153 10 3. The third passage 134 8 Total 436 24 Average 145 8 From the Table 4.1 above known that the X value or the average syllables in a hundred words is 145. And the Y value or average sentence in a hundred words was 8. To know the intersection of X and Y which considered as the readability level of the textbook, in this case Get Along with English 1. The Fry graph readability was drawn as follows: