dalam konteks kehidupan sehari- hari
5.2 Merespon makna yang terdapat dalam teks tulis fungsional pendek
bermakna secara akurat, lancer dan berterima untuk berinteraksi dalam
konetks kehidupan sehari-hari 5.3 Merespon
makna dan
langkah retorika
dalam esei
pendek sederhana secara akurat, lancer dan
berterima untuk berinteraksi dalam konetks kehidupan sehari-hari dalam
teks berbentu procedure dan report 11. Membaca
Memahami makna
teks tulis
fungsional dan
esei pendek
sederhana berbentuk narrative dan report untuk berintreksi dalam
konteks kehidupan sehari-hari
11.1Membaca nyaring bermakna teks tulis fungsional dan esei pendek
sederhana berbentuk narrative dan report dengan ucapan, tekanan dan
intonasi ynag
ebrterima untuk
berinteraksi dalam
konteks kehidupan sehari-hari
11.2Merespon makna dalam teks tulis fungsional pendek secara akurat,
lancer dan
berterima untuk
berinteraksi dalam
konteks kehidupan sehari-hari
11.3Merespon makna
dan langkah
retorika dalam
esei pendek
sederhana secara akurat, lancer dan berterima untuk berinteraksi dalam
konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dalam
teks berbentuk narrative dan report
E. Relevant Study
The first relevant study that the writer found is “An Analysis of Reading
Passages in Scaffolding 1 English Textbook based on the first year of SMP Al Fath School Curri
culum” by Maya Kurniasari. This study is aimed to find the conformity of reading passages of the textbook with the school curriculum. The
researcher used mixed comparative qualitative and quantitative method. She analyzed the text types, indicators, structural and linguistic features and compared
it to the school curriculum syllabus. Then, she described the conformity of the elements of the reading passages in terms of text type, indicators, structural and
linguistic features to the school curriculum syllabus. After that, she counted the conformity by using simple statistic. The result of the study is the elements of
reading passages in the textbook 100 are developed from the school curriculum.
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The second relevant study is “A Grammatical Cohesion Analysis of
Reading Texts in Get Along With English published by Erlangga”. This study
analyzed the type of grammatical cohesion of the text. The method used by the researcher is descriptive analysis by using qualitative approach. In choosing the
sample of text, the researcher used the cluster random sampling technique. She clustered the text and took fifty percent of each genre randomly. The researcher
divided the texts into clauses, identified the grammatical cohesion within the clauses, put the number of cohesive items into the table based on the text types,
and then counted the grammatical cohesion into the percentage. The result of this research shows that all four grammatical cohesion reference, substitution,
ellipsis, and conjunction are found in the analyzed reading texts.
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Maya Kurnisari, An Analysis of Reading Passages in Scaffolding 1 English Textbook based on the School Curriculum
”, Skripsi of State Islamic University Jakarta, Jakarta, 2012, Unpublished.
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Karimatul Rofikoh, A Grammatical Cohesion Analysis of Reading Texts “Get Along With English” Published by Erlangga, Skripsi of State Islamic University Jakarta, Jakarta, 2013,
Unpublished.
The third relevant study is “Content Analysis of the English Reading
Text’s Authenticity in Student’s Book of Action Pack Eleven in Jordan” by Abeer Al-Ghazo and Oqlah M.Smadi. The aim of this study is to analyze the reading
texts of the student’s book of Action Pack Eleven to determine to what extent the reading text are authentic. Besides, it also knows the match between the reading
outcome which is focus on communicative proficiency and the authenticity of reading texts. The criterion of this study is the existence of the authenticity of
reading texts in Action Pack Eleven. The unit analyzed is the reading text of this book. The categories of analysis are the article, the letter, the leaflet, and the short
story in the textbook. The findings of this study are that the reading texts in the textbook have a high degree in authenticity. There is a strong match between the
reading outcomes and the reading texts authenticity in the textbook.
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Those three relevant studies are different in some ways to this study. The first one is my study focus on the analysis of genre on reading passage in the
textbook to the curriculum used. The second is the subject and the place in which the writer conducted the research. There is also the similarity to those relevant
studies that are the method used in the relevant studies are similar with this study.
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Abeer Al- Ghazo Oqlah M.Smadi, Content Analysis of the English Text’s Authenticity
in Student’s Book of Action Pack Eleven in Jordan, European Scientific Journal, 9, 2013, p. 342- 357
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. The Objective of the Study
The objective of the study is to know whether or not the reading passages of the English textbook “English in Focus” written by Artono Wardiman,
Masduki B. Jahur, and M. Sukirman Djusma published by National Education Department are in line with the School Based Curriculum in terms of the genre
and its characteristics.
B. The Object of the Study
The object of the study is the genre of reading passages in an English textbook which is used by third grade of Junior High School in learning English.
The title of this English textbook is “English in Focus” written by Artono
Wardiman, Masduki B. Jahur, and M. Sukirman Djusma and it is published by National Education Department. This textbook is a handbook for student to learn
English.
C. Method of the Study
The design of this study is content analysis because this study aimed to describe and to analyze the genre of reading passages in the textbook used as a
handbook for students in Junior High School which have the title “English in
Focus” in the term of genre and its characteristics. The method used is the descriptive method. This study consists of the description and analysis of genre on
reading passages based on the demand of reading of School Based Curriculum for the third year in Junior High School in the term of genre of reading passages and
the characteristic of each genre.
