Criteria of Conformity Syllabus

students of SMP Islam YKS Depok has followed the rules of the 2004 curriculum. 49 Secondly, MayaKurniasariwas conducted a paper by the title “An Analysis of Reading Passages in Scaffolding 1 English Textbook Based on the First Year of SMP Al Fath School Curriculum.” The objective of this study was to find empirical evidence of conformity between reading passages in Scaffolding 1 English textbook and the school curriculum in the first year of SMP Al Fath. The focus of her research was Scaffolding English textbook and sub focusesof her research were text types, indicators, structural and linguistic features of reading passages in Scaffolding English textbook. The method used in her research was mixed comparative descriptive qualitative and quantitative method. Furthermore, the result of her study indicated all elements of reading materials reached 100according to the demand of the school curriculum. 50 Both of the previous studies above have the similar object of this study. They analyzed the reading materials in English textbook. This study also analyzed the reading materials in English textbook based on English syllabus. However, the sub focuses in this study similar to Maya Kurniasari’s paper. The sub focuses of the reading materials in this study were text types, indicators and features of text types generic structure and grammatical features. 49 Mulyono, “An Analysis of English Textbook used in the First Year Students of SMP Islam YKS Depok Based On 2004 Curriculum,” Skripsiof UIN SyarifHidayatullah, Jakarta: UIN SyarifHidayatullah, 2010, p. v, unpublished. 50 Maya Kurniasari, “An Analysis of Reading Passages in Scaffolding 1 English Textbook Based on the First Year of SMP Al Fath School Curriculum,” Skripsi of UIN SyarifHidayatullah, Jakarta: UIN SyarifHidayatullah, 2012, p. v, unpublished. 24 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. The Research Method The research method used in this study was document analysis which is applied to written or visual materials for the purpose of identifying specified characteristics of the materials. 1 It focused on the reading materials in the English Alive textbook for senior secondary school students. The study began with preparation of the documentary aspects especially the reading materials indicators, text types, generic structure and linguistic features in English Alive textbook for the second grade of Senior High School. B. The Data and Data Sources of the Research The data and data sources of the research were the reading materials in English Alive textbook for the second grade of Senior High School. Next, the sources of this research data were gathered from School-based curriculum. C. The Procedure of Data Analysis After collecting the data, the data are identified based on the elements of the reading passages in the English Alive textbook for the second grade of SMAN 24 Kabupaten Tangerang through the following procedures: 2 1. Reading scrutiny the textbook. 2. Identifying the components of the reading materials in the textbook based on the data characterized needed. 1 Ary Donald, et.al, Introduction to Research in Education, 5 th Edition, Florida: 1996, Wodsworth Group, p. 426. 2 Burhan Bungin, Penelitian Kualitatif Komunikasi, Ekonomi, Kebijakan Publik, dan Ilmu Sosial Lainnya, 2 nd Edition, Jakarta: 2007, KENCANA PRENADA MEDIA GROUP, pp. 164—165.