THE COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE OF THE TEXTS FOUND IN THE TEXTBOOK “ACTIVE ENGLISH” FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADE FIVE By NOOR SYAIFUDIN NIM 200932054

THE COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE OF THE TEXTS FOUND IN THE TEXTBOOK
“ACTIVE ENGLISH” FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADE FIVE

By
NOOR SYAIFUDIN
NIM 200932054

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2013

THE COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE OF THE TEXTS FOUND IN THE TEXTBOOK
“ACTIVE ENGLISH” FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADE FIVE

SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program
In the Department of English Education

By

Noor Syaifudin
NIM 200932054

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2013

MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO:
 Where there is a will there is a way.
 “There is no growth in comfort zone and there is no comfort in growth
zone”. (Muhammad Assad)

This final project is dedicated to:
 Allah SWT, my great power.
 My beloved father and mother (Karji Mustofa and
Sariningsih), thank you for your love.
 My dearest brother (Syaiful Rifqi and Dahlan Noor

Zuhud).
 My best friend Bolang09 and Renjes thanks for your
loyality.
 My new family in Humas UMK and Yasika FM Kudus.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillahirrobbil‟alamin. There will never be another greatest thank
except to Allah SWT, the Almighty for the remarkable blessing and mercy to me,
so that this skripsi entitled “The Communicative Purpose of The Writer of The
Textbook “Active English” for The Elementary School Grade Five in Dawe
District” is able to accomplished.
This skripsi is not merely her own work because of having been greatly
improved by some great people around his who suggested and guided his by
giving comments and advises to make it better. One point is this skripsi is
arranged to fulfill the one or requirements for completing the sarjana program.
Therefore I would like to express her great gratitude to the:
1.

Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd., the Dean of Teacher Training and Education

Faculty.

2.

Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd, the Head of English Education Department.

3.

Dr. H.A. Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd, the first advisor who is willing to spend a lot of
time to guide some advises to make this skripsi.

4.

Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd, the second advisor who is very helpful in
giving corrections and suggestions in arranging this skripsi.

ABSTRACT
Syaifudin, Noor. 2013. The Communicative Purpose of the Texts Found in the Textbook
“Active English” for the Elementary School Grade Five. Skripsi. English Education
Department. Teacher Training and Education Faculty. Muria Kudus University.

Advisors: (1) Dr.H.A.Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd. (2) Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd., M.Pd.
Key words: communicative purpose, monologue text, textbook, Active English

Communicative Purpose is a defining factor of the genre of a text (other
factors include structure, content, form, intended audience and medium), genre
being „primarily characterized by the communicative purpose it is intended to
fulfill. Unconsciously, the writer of the Elementary School tends to relate
monologue text with certain genre that should be taught for the higher level of
school. The English textbooks for the learners of the Elementary School are
various and the writer wants to investigate and analyze the communicative
purpose of the writer of the textbook of “Active English”. Moreover, the writer
chooses “Active English” as English textbook to analyze because many schools
especially almost school in Dawe District use it. For the reason above, the writer
is interested to carry out a research entitled “The Communicative Purpose of the
Texts Found in the Textbook “Active English” for the Elementary School Grade
Five.”
The purposes of the research are (i) to find out the communicative purpose of
the texts found in of the textbook “Active English” for the elementary school grade five
(ii) to find out the text type found in the textbook “Active English” for the elementary
school grade five

This research is qualitative descriptive research. The data of this study are
monologue texts found in the textbook “Active English” for grade five. Meanwhile, the
data source of this study is the textbook “Active English” for grade five. The instrument
of this study is the writer.

The result of this research shows that (i) the communicative purposes of
the texts found in the textbook “Active English” for Elementary School grade five
in are to describe particular thing, person or place (descriptive text), to retell past
events (recount text)and to entertain/to amuse the readers or listeners (narrative
text). There are 19 monologue texts found in the textbook “Active English” for
Elementary School grade five in (ii) the text type found in the textbook “Active
English” for Elementary School grade five in are descriptive, recount and
narrative
Considering the process and the results of this research, the writer suggests
that (i) The teachers should consider that teaching communicative purpose of the
text for the students is important (ii) The students should study more about
communicative purpose of the text (iii) This researcher can be a reference to
conduct the same field.

ABSTRAKSI

Syaifuddin, Noor. 2013. Tujuan Komunikatif Teks yang Ditemukan di Buku Teks “Active
English” Untuk SD Kelas V. Skripsi. Program Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas
Keguruan Dan Ilmu Pendidikan. Unversitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (i)
Dr.H.A.Hilal Madjdi, M.Pd. (2) Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd., M.Pd.
Key words: tujuan komunikatif, teks monolog, buku teks, Active English

Tujuan komunikatif adalah faktor penentu dalam genre (faktor lain termasuk
struktur, isi, bentuk, ditujukan untuk penonton dan media), genre mempunyai ciriciri tujuan komunikatif yang harus dipenuhi. Secara tidak sengaja, penulis SD
cenderung mengaiktakn monolog teks dengan genre tertentu yang seharusnya
diajarkan untuk level sekolah yang lebih tinggi. Buku teks Bahasa Inggris untuk
siswa SD bervariasi dan penulis ingin meneliti dan menganalisis tujuan
komunikatif penulis buku teks “Active English”. Oleh karena itu, penulis memilih
“Active English” sebagai buku teks Bahasa Inggris karena banyak sekolah di
Kecamatan Dawe banyak yang menggunakannya. Untuk alasan di atas, penulis
tertarik untuk melakukan penelitian berjudul “Tujuan Komunikatif Teks yang
Ditemukan di Buku Teks “Active English” Untuk SD Kelas V”
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah: (i) menemukan tujuan kominikatif buku teks
“Active English” untuk SD kelas V (ii) menemukan jenis teks yang ditemukan
dalam buku teks “Active English” untuk SD kelas V
Penelitian adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Data penelitian ini adalah teks

monolog yang ditemukan dalam buku teks “Active English”untuk kelas V. Sedangkan
sumber data penelitian ini adalah buku teks “Active English” untuk kelas V. instrument
penelitian ini adalah penulis.

Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa (i) tujuan komunikatif teks yang
ditemukan di buku teks “Active English” untuk SD kelas V adalah untuk
menggambarkan benda, orang atau tempat secara khusus (descriptive), untuk
menceritakan kejadian di masa lalu (recount) dan untuk menghibur pembaca
(narrative). Ada 19 teks yang ditemukan dalam buku teks “Active English” untuk
SD kelas V di Kecamatan Dawe (ii) jenis teks yang ditemukan di buku teks
“Active English” untuk SD kelas V di Kecamatan Dawe adalah descriptive,
recount dan narrative.
Berdasarkan proses dan hasil penelitian ini, penulis menyarankan bahwa
(i) guru seharusnya mempertimbangkan bahwa mengajar tujuan komunikatif
untuk siswa penting (ii) siswa seharusnya belajar tentang tujuan komunikatif teks
(iii) peneitian ini bisa menjadi referensi untuk melakukan penelitian di bidang
yang sama

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Page
COVER

i

LOGGO ………………………………………………………........................

ii

TITLE……………………………………………………………....................

iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION..…………………………………………….

iv

ADVISORS’ APPROVAL..…………………………………………….........

v


EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL..…………………………................................

vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..…………………………………………….......

vii

ABSTRACT ..…………………………………………………………………

viii

ABSTRAKSI ..…………………………………………………………..........

ix

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..……………………………………………...........

xi


LIST OF TABLES ..…………………………………………………….........

xiii

LIST OF APPENDICES ..……………………………………………….......

xiv

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1

Background of the Study …..………………………………………...

1

1.2

Statement of the Problem ….………………………………………...


5

1.3

Objective of the Research ……………………….…………………...

5

1.4

Significance of the Study..……………………………………………

5

1.5

Scope of the Study..…………………………………………………..

5

1.6

Operational Definition.……………………………………………….

6

CHAPTER II: REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE
2.1

Teaching English in Elementary School……………………………..

7

2.2

The Material of Teaching English in the Fifth Grade………………..

10

2.3

Discourse and Text…………………………………………………...

11

2.4

Text Type……………………………………………………………..

13

2.5

Communicative Purpose of the Text…………………………………

15

2.6

Textbook……………………………………………………………..

19

2.6.1

The Characteristic of Good Textbook………………………………..

19

2.6.2

The Use of Textbook…………………………………………………

22

2.7

Active English………………………………………………………..

24

2.8

Previous Research……………………………………………………

25

2.9

Theoretical Framework ………………………………...……………

26

CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH
3.1

Research Design……………………………………………………...

28

3.2

Data and Data Source………………………………………………...

29

3.4

Technique of Collecting Data………………………………………...

29

3.5

Technique of Analyzing Data………………………………………...

29

CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION
The Communicative Purpose of the Writer of textbook “Active English”

4.1

for Elementary School Grade Five in Dawe District ………
33
The Text type Found in the textbook “Active English” for Elementary

4.2

School Grade Five in Dawe District……………………
62
CHAPTER V DISCUSSION
The Communicative Purpose of the Writer of textbook “Active English”

5.1

for Elementary School Grade Five in Dawe District ………
67
The Text type Found in the textbook “Active English” for Elementary

5.2

School Grade Five in Dawe District…………………….
92
CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
6.1

Conclusion …………………………………………………………...

94

6.2

Suggestions …………………………………………………………..

94

REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………….

96

APPENDICES………………………………………………………………...

98

STATEMENT SHEET ………………………………………………………

117

118

CURRICULUM VITAE……………………………………………...............

LIST OF TABLES

Table
2.1

Page
Purpose of Using Language (Adapted from English K-6
syllabus)……………………………………………………….
18

3.1

The example of Data Analysis of the communicative purpose of
the text “Tasya” ……………………………………………
32

4.1

Text 1 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………
34

4.2

Text 2 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………
35

4.3

Text 3 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………
37

4.4

Text 4 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………
38

4.5

Text 5 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School

Grade Five……………………………………………
4.6

Text 6 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.7

57

Text 16 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.17

56

Text 15 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.16

54

Text 14 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.15

52

Text 13 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.14

50

Text 12 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.13

48

Text 11 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.12

46

Text 10 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.11

45

Text 9 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.10

43

Text 8 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.9

41

Text 7 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.8

40

58

Text 17 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

59

4.18

Text 18 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

4.19

60

Text 19 in the Textbook “Active English” for Elementary School
Grade Five……………………………………………

61

LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix

1

Page

The texts found in the textbook “Active English” for grade
five…………………………………………………………….
98

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