text types in this category are recount, response, explanation, discussion, information report, exposition and procedure.
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Furthermore, Rahmad Wahidi also states that there are 15 text types. They are, analytical exposition text, anecdote text, recount text, report text, spoof
text, narrative text, hortatory exposition text, discussion text, explanation text, procedure text, news item text, review text, description text, argument text and
exposition text
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. He also gave the example of every text on his writing. Therefore, the writer can understand the differences among them.
From all explanation above, the text types on this study include descriptive texts, narrative texts, analytical exposition texts, hortatory exposition text and
spoof texts. Those are the text types that have to be learnt by the students of eleventh grade base on standard competencies and basic competencies in
KTSP. Those types of text are also written in the textbook Advanced Learning English 2.
3. Factors in Text Selection
Selecting text is a very important thing that has to be done by the teacher because the text that will be learned by the student must be appropriate based
on students‟ level. According to Richard R. Day, there are seven factors influence the text
selection. They are: a.
Interest Interest is an important factor in selecting reading texts. It is important
because it really influences the motivation of students to read. Nuttal states on Day‟s book that teachers should find the reading text that contains of
the proper information. Since, students will get difficulty when the reading texts contain of too much new information. Furthermore, the reading text
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should not contain too little new information because it can make them bore.
b. Exploitability
Exploitability is the facilitation of learning. Teachers give the students exercises after they read the reading text. It is one of the ways to determine
the exploitability of the reading texts. c.
Readability This term is used to refer to the following phenomena: syntactic
appropriateness, logicalrhetorical ordering of ideas, textual phenomena at the discourse level, lexical appropriateness, and background knowledge of
the reader. d.
Topic The topic of the reading texts also becomes an important factor to
consider because a wide variety of topics would be helpful to maintain students‟ interest and motivation. It means that a topic and students‟
interest has close relationship. Therefore, the teachers are recommended to explore three or four topics during the reading course as an aid in
facilitating reading comprehension. e.
Political Appropriateness The teachers have to consider the political appropriateness because for
some countries, the political content of reading texts is a critical issue. Teachers should not cut the reading texts that do not agree with their
political beliefs. f.
Cultural Suitability Of course it is very important factor in selecting text because every
country has different culture. It can be very contrast when Indonesian
