An Analysis of Biography Recount Texts in English Textbooks for Senior High School Grade 10th : Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspective.

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An Analysis of Biography Recount Texts

in English Textbooks for Senior High School Grade 10

th (Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspective)

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English Education Department

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Indonesia University of Education

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ABSTRACT

An Analysis of Biographical Recount Texts in English Textbooks for Senior High School Grade X

(Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspective)

This study focused on the analysis of Biographical Recount texts in English textbooks and the relevancy of the English textbook to the criteria ofagood source for teaching and learning Biographical Recount text. This study used a descriptive-qualitative method utilising document analysis technique, especially using Transitivity analysis of SFL Framework. The primary data of this study were 4 Biographical Recount texs from Pathway to English for

General Program textbook for grade X textbook and Bahasa Inggris untuk Kelas X SMA, SMK-MA textbook implemented 2013 curriculum. The data was analysed following several

steps, including explaining the aspects of Biographical Recount texts, such as social purposes, schematic structure and linguistic features. The study reveals two findings. Firstly, almost all of Biographical Recount texts analysed are relevant to the criteria of their purposes; Secondly, the schematic structures of all Biographical Recount texts are consistent with the structures suggested by Knapp & Watkin, (2005), Nafisah & Kurniawan (2007), Hattingh (2011), Emilia & Christie(2013).In terms of linguistic features, the Transitivity analysis finds out that the texts possess the criteria of a good Biographical Recount seen from the frequent use of material processes, and adverbs or adverbial groups. Apart from the findings of schematic structures and linguistic features, there are also some limitations found in the texts e.g. no distinction among the stages, the use of simple present tense and the differences of orientation stage in second text. In spite of the limitations found, it can be derived from the findings that the Recount texts in both textbooks are suitable to be used as sources for learning and teaching English, but somehow it is also suggested to find other sources which provide more explanations, more examples, and more exercises.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF TABLES

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LIST OF FIGURE

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

This chapter presents a brief introduction of the study, including reasons of choosing the topic, research questions, aims of the study, significances of the study, clarification of key terms and the organization of the paper.

1.1 Background of the Study

Textbooks are used as supporting media in the learning process and accomplishing the goals of the syllabus (Hutchinson & Torres, 1994; Nunan, 2000; Celce-Muria, 2001; Lee, 2003; McGrath, 2006). The textbooks consist of several texts and materials. Recount is one of the text found in the textbooks.

The Recount text, according to Derewianka (2004, p. 15; see also Emilia, 2011, p. 75; Sudarwati, 2013, p. 197) is divided into some particular types, such as imaginative recount, procedural recount, factual recount (including historical recount, biographical recount and autobiographical recount), and personal recount. Among those kinds of the texts, one of the text which is considered difficult is biographical recount, because the aspects, such as social purpose, schematic structure and linguistic features, are similar to the aspects of narrative text (Derewianka, 2004, p. 15; Coffin, 2005, p. 53; Emilia, 2011, p. 75).

In order to understand the aspects (including social purpose, schematic structure and linguistic features) of the text, the English textbooks, particularly used in Indonesia as sources for learning and teaching English, should provide a good example of the text.

However, almost all Biographical Recount texts in textbooks for Indonesian Senior High School students Grade X does not achieve the aspects (including social purpose, schematic structure and linguistic features). Therefore, evaluation of Recount texts in English textbooks for Indonesian Senior High School students grade X, particularly in term of aspects, is demanded.

A way to assess aspects of Biographical Recount text is using the Transitivity system in Systemic Functional Linguistic (Eggins, 2004; Emilia &

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Tati, 2008).Transitivity analysis can identify the linguistic features of certain text and how the linguistic features help the text achieve its purpose; and Transitivity enables students to explore and build knowledge of the grammar patterns (Butt et all, 2003, p. 80; Eggins, 2004, p. 211; Emilia, 2014, p.171).

There were some researchers conducting the study using the transitivity system, such as Hattingh (2011) who examined how two narrators construe their experiences of the same events differently through the linguistic choices that they make, through a systemic functional analysis, as well as a genre analysis of two testimonies, and Presnyakova (2013) who investigated the process types to reveal the distribution of process types in the texts of elementary school textbooks. Nevertheless, to the researcher`s knowledge, there were not so many researchers who evaluated Biographical Recount text in English textbooks while it is seemed important to be conducted. Moreover, the textbooks analysed in this study is for Senior High School implementing 2013 curriculum.

Based on the phenomenon above, the researcher intends to ensure the aspects of the Biographical Recount text in textbooks for Senior High School using transitivity, and identify whether or not the prescribed textbooks in Indonesia Senior High Schools are suitable to be used as the sources for teaching and learning English.

1.2 Research Questions

This study aims to investigate recount texts in Senior High School English textbooks in Indonesia. Therefore, the research questions for this study are:

1. To what extent do the Recount texts on the English textbooks Pathway to

English for Senior High School Grade X General Program and Bahasa Inggris: Untuk SMA-MA/SMK Kelas X achieve the criteria of Recount text in

terms of its social purposes, schematic structures and linguistic features? 2. To what extent are prescribed textbooks in Indonesia Senior High Schools

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1.3 Aims of the Study

In accordance with the research questions, this study is aimed to :

1. Investigate the Biographical Recount texts on the English textbooks Pathway

to English for Senior High School Grade X General Program and Bahasa Inggris: Untuk SMA-MA/SMK Kelas X in achieving the criteria of

Biographical Recount text in terms of its social purpose, schematic structure and linguistic features.

2. Identify to what extent the prescribed textbooks in Indonesia Senior High Schools are relevant to be used as sources for teaching and learning English. 1.4 Significance of the Study

The aim of the study is analyzing the Biographical Recount texts in two textbooks for grade ten using Transitivity system analysis and investigating which textbook is more relevant to be a source in teaching and learning Biographical Recount texts. This study was expected to give importance in academic fields, such as theory and practice.

In terms of theory, the study can enrich the reference of analysis on schematic structure, purpose and linguistic features of Biographical Recount texts in English texts using the Transitivity system.

In terms of practice, the subject field can aid teachers in selecting materials for teaching and memorizing from texts and helping them take the most relevant textbook for their learning source in the teaching Recount genre, particularly biography types.

1.5 Clarification of terms

In order to avoid misperception about some main terms that will be used in the study, the definition of the terms will be elaborated in this section.

1. Textbook is a material specifically designed for language teaching and learning process to reach the objectives of learning (Cunningsworth, 1995, p. 7; McGrath, 2006).

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2. Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) is a theory in linguistics which sees language as not only a set rules, but also serves as a resource for making meaning system (Halliday, 1994, p. 15; Lock, 1996, p. 2; Emilia, 2005, p.87; Eggins, 2004, p.2).

3. Transitivity system refers to overall grammatical resource for construing goings on, which realized in participants, process types and circumstantial (Martin, Mathiessen & Painter, 1997, p.100; Emilia, 2005, p.94; Eggins, 2004, p. 249).

4. Recount text is a text retelling what is happening and involving writer`s interpretation (Emilia, 2011, p. 75; Nafisah & Kurniawan, 2007, p. 65).

5. Biographical Recount is a factual recount retelling events or what happened in the past which are arranged in a temporal sequence and specifically focuses on somebody`s life (Macken-Horarik, 2002, p. 21; Emilia, 2011, p. 27)

1.6 Organization of the Paper

The paper of study is arranged into five chapters. Each section includes subsections to give an insight to the topic under investigation. The first chapter is an introduction, which provides a background of study, statements of problem, purpose of study, clarification of key terms, and organization of the paper in order to give an overview to the readers. The second chapter is literary review, which explains the theories shaping the study. On that point are some theories that build this study, which are curriculum, text and genre; Recount text; Biographical Recount; Systemic Functional Linguistics and Its Metafunctions; Transitivity system and previous research related to the field. The third chapter is research methodology, which concentrates on the methodology used in taking the survey. It covers research design, details of textbooks, data collection, and data analysis. The fourth chapter is findings and discussion, which introduces the findings of the data analysis. Those findings will be discussed and interpreted in this chapter. The last chapter is conclusion, which shows the conclusion and some suggestions to other researchers who intend to develop the research.

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1.7 Concluding Remark

This chapter has presented some aspects underlying the study, including background of the study, statement of problems, aims of the study, the significance of the study, clarification of key terms, and organization of the paper. The next section will present some theories relevant to the study.

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

The previous chapter has elaborated theories relevant to the study. This chapter focuses on an elaboration of methodology applied in this study. It covers

Research Design, Detail of Textbooks, Data Collection, and Data Analysis.

Firstly, research design discusses the method employed in this study. It includes the method’s principles and method’s characteristics. Secondly, details of textbooks elaborate the textbooks which were used in the research. Thirdly, data Collection emphasizes on the technique used in collecting the data. Lastly, data analysis explains the procedure of analyzing the data.

3.1 Research Design

The method employed in this study is the descriptive qualitative research, using document analysis technique in particular. Descriptive qualitative research method was used to collect, analyze, describe and categorize textual data using interpretative analysis in order to recognize the aspects of Biographical Recount texts in the English textbook for Indonesia Senior High School Grade X (Cresswell, 2009; Fraenkell, Wallen & Hyun, 2012, p. 426; Wray & Bloomer, 2006).

Meanwhile, for the use of document analysis technique, it is because this study is intended to analyze the written documents, namely textbooks. it is correlated with the definition of document analysis technique, which is an interpretation from a researcher in giving an opinion around the topic (Alwasillah, 2003; Fraenkel, Wallen & Hyun, 2012, p. 426; Ary, Jacobs & Sorensen, 2010, p. 442).

Besides, this study also used the Transitivity system of Systemic Functional Linguistics as a tool for analyzing the Recount texts, based on their schematic structures, purposes and linguistic features (Emilia, 2005, p. 94; Eggins, 2004, p. 249; Emilia, 2014, p. 149).

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3.2 Detail of Textbooks

Two textbooks were used as full point at analysis. Two texts were taken from each book to be analyzed. Those textbooks titled are Pathway to English for

Senior High School Grade X General Program and Bahasa Inggris Untuk SMA-MA/SMK Kelas X. The descriptions of those books have been presented in the

table 3.1. The texts taken were Biographical Recount texts and they are presented in Appendix II.

Table 3. 1

Descriptions of textbooks

No Year Title Place of

Publication Publisher

1. 2013 Pathway to English

for Senior High School Grade X General

Programme

Jakarta Penerbit

Erlangga

2. 2014 Bahasa Inggris:

Untuk SMA-MA/SMK Kelas X

Bandung Penerbit Yrama Widya

The textbooks were selected because of their practicality and the purpose of the study itself. In terms of practicality, the textbooks were selected because they can be easily found in bookstores and they are used as sources in many schools. In relation to the study, the two textbooks were selected in order to investigate to what extent are textbooks relevant to be used in learning and teaching Recount genre by comparing their Biographical Recount texts.

3.3 Data Collections

As stated before, this research used document analysis technique in collecting data. The document referred to printed and other materials relevant to the case

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which are used in any communication, and provide valuable information in helping the researchers understand central phenomena in qualitative studies (Merriam, 1988), while collecting is defined as compiling or accumulating of objects related to study topic (Yin, 2011).

Therefore, this study used to collect samples of Biographical Recount texts in the textbooks. The samples of texts were selected using the purposive sample method. Mc Millan (2001) stated that purposeful sampling is done to increase the utility of information obtained from small samples.

In this case, there were four text samples taken from the textbook entitled

Bahasa Inggris untuk SMA-MA/SMK Kelas X, namely William Shakespeare and

W.S. Rendra (texts in page 129); and from the textbook entitled Pathway to

English for Senior High School Grade X General Program, namely Steve Jobs

(page 202) and Mohammad Hatta (page 199). Those texts were selected because they were related to topic criteria of the texts that should be learnt by grade ten students as proposed by the KI and KD, which was Teks Recount (KD 3.9, see Appendix I).

To support the data from document analysis, this study also used interview data. The interview is described as ‘the gold standard of qualitative research’ (Silverman, 2004, p. 51). As stated by Stake (2010, p. 95) the interview is used for a number of purposes, particularly for a qualitative researcher, such as : Obtaining unique information or interpretation held by the person interviewed; Collecting a numerical aggregation of information from many persons; Finding out about “a thing” that the researchers were unable to observe themselves. In this study, the interview was also conducted in order to find out teachers` opinions toward the Biographical Recount texts in the English textbooks, particularly on their schematic structure, social purpose and linguistic features.

Two teachers who are teaching grade ten students in Senior High Schools were involved in interview to validate the data. The teachers were interviewed about the Biographical Recount texts based on the texts` schematic structure,

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social purpose and linguistic features. In order to get deeper information, the interviews were conducted individually and using Bahasa Indonesia as mode of communication (see Appendix for the interview questions).

3.4 Data Analysis

The data analysis in this study was divided into four steps, they are analysis of schematic structure and social purpose of the texts, analysis of linguistic features of Biographical Recount texts to do with experiential metafunction, and comparison of the samples of Biographical Recount texts in two textbooks in order to choose to what extent are textbooks relevant to be used as source for learning English, particularly Recount genre. In order to emphasize opinion toward the comparison of Biographical Recount texts in English textbooks, this study also involved an interview with two English Teachers who teach English in Senior High School Grade X. The details of analysis procedure is provided below 3.4.1 Analysis of schematic structure and social purpose

This section presents an analysis of schematic structure and social purposes, by dividing the samples of Recount texts in two textbooks into clauses and segmented into elements of Recount texts; Orientation, Record of Events and Conclusion, as proposed by some experts such as Butt et al. (2003), Gerot & Wignell (1995), Emilia (2011).

Orientation

William Shakespeare, [ the greatest literary genius of english language ], was born in Stratford-Avon in 1564.

Record Of Events

Over the next two decade, he wrote a succession of widely acclaimed plays [ which may be categorized roughly into three groups : histories, comedies, and tragedies ].

His first attained success as a playwright after the production of Henry IV, Part 1, in 1599.

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Henry IV in 1599 were especially well received

and have continued to be produced even until the present day.

Of the comedies, a midsummer nights dream (1595), the merchant of venice (1595-1596), and much a do about nothing (1598), were and are enduring favorite with actors and audience alike.

Although Shakespeare is principally remembered today as the premier English dramatist,

he early attained widespread popularity in the 1590`s as a lyric and narrative poet with the publication of Venus and Adonis (1593) and the rape of lucrete (1594). But undoubtedly,Shakespeares world wide reputation as a dramatist rests on the profound exploration of the human condition [ portrayed in his great tragedies, romeo and juliet (1594-1595), othelo (1602), king lear (1606), and anthony and cleopatra (1607).]

After having dominated the london theatrical scene for some twenty yearsm,Shakespeare retired to stratfor,

where he lived in relative ease and comfort until his death in 1616.

3.4.2 Analysis of Linguistic Features

In this section, the linguistic features of texts were identified by utilizing transitivity analysis. The analysis is used to investigate the interpretation of meaning from texts` processes, participants and circumstances.

Orientation

Mohammad Hatta Is My hero Because he is an

important person

Career Attributive Attribute Cir : cause

Record of events

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Career Relational : Attributive Attribute

3.4.3 Analysis of Interview Data

This sections elaborates the analysis of interview data.The analysis includes several steps such as transcribing the recorded interview into written form; and after it was converted, the data was then categorized into several themes according to the criteria of a good textbook posed in the interview question. After that, the researchers interpreted the data, and draw a shared perspective related to the most relevant textbook to be used in the teaching of English.

3.4.4 Comparison of Recount texts in textbooks

This section is the last step of data analysis, which is comparing the result of Biographical Recount texts` analysis in terms of schematic structure, social purpose and linguistic features. This analysis was used to reveal to what extent are textbooks relevant to be used in teaching and learning Recount genre, particularly Biography types.

3.5 Concluding Remark

This chapter has presented and discussed the methodology used in conducting the study, including research design, detail of textbooks, data collection, and data analysis. The next chapter is going to present an analysis of data.

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CHAPTER V

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The previous chapter has presented the analysis and the discussion towards the finding related to social purposes, schematic structures and linguistic features of Biographical Recount texts in two English textbooks and the comparison of both textbooks. Then, this chapter provides the conclusion of the study and offers some recommendation for further study, in which the brief description of some underlying aspects—background, aims, main finding, and conclusion are presented in the conclusion section, and the recommendation or some suggestions for the further study of transitivity analysis of Biographical Recount texts are presented in the recommendation section.

5.1 Conclusions

This study focuses on the investigation of Biographical Recount texts in two English textbooks using transitivity analysis. It aims at investigating the Biographical Recount texts on the English textbooks,Pathway to English for

Senior High School Grade X General Program and Bahasa Inggris: Untuk SMA-MA/SMK Kelas X in achieving the criteria of a good Biographical Recount text in

terms of its schematic structure purpose and linguistic features. Moreover, it also aims at identifying to what extent are the prescribed textbooks in Indonesia Senior High Schools relevant to be used as sources for teaching and learning English.

The finding of this study shows that all of Biographical Recount text samples in Pathway to English for Senior High School Grade X General Program

and Bahasa Inggris: Untuk SMA-MA/SMK Kelas X textbooks are suitable to be

used as sources for teaching and learning Biographical Recount. Those sample texts were successfully achieving the purposes of Biographical Recount texts. In addition, in terms of schematic structure, those sample texts completely achieved the criteria of Biographical Recount texts, though there are some distinctions of schematic structure in the texts from Pathway to English for Senior High School

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Moreover, in terms of linguistic features, all of Biographical Recount text samples in both textbooks are also suited to the criteria of Biographical Recount texts. Both textbooks use noun or noun groups to identify the specific participant involved in the texts; material processes to refer to the events happening to the specific participants; using adverbs and adverbial phrase, which are realized in the circumstances, to add more detailed information about the specific participant; and use the time connectives to sequence the events. There are some paragraphs in some texts in both textbooks using simple present tense, but the whole paragraphs are still using the simple past tense.

5.2 Recommendations

Relevant to the findings of the present study, the researcher intends to propose some suggestions for others researchers to develop a somewhat similar study, particularly in analyzing the texts found in students` textbooks. Some suggestions presented are derived from the limitation of this study.

First, this study only focuses on analyzing four samples of the texts. Second, this study also focuses on analyzing the aspects of the texts, this study does not analyze the texts in terms of clause complex which contribute to the cohesion and coherence of the texts. Therefore, for further researches, it is suggested to analyze the clause complex of the texts and to analyze more sample of texts in some textbooks.

In additions, based on result, teachers who are using the Bahasa Inggris:

Untuk SMA-MA/SMK Kelas X textbooks should be able to supplement the

learning materials using materials from other sources. Meanwhile, in order to gain

students’ understanding about the aspects of the texts, the teachers who are using

Pathway to English for Senior High School Grade X General Program should be

able to explain in more detail when they are teaching Recount texts, particularly in the biography types.

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5.2 Recommendations

In additions, based on result, teachers who are using the Bahasa Inggris:

Untuk SMA-MA/SMK Kelas X textbooks should be able to supplement the

learning materials using materials from other sources. Meanwhile, in order to gain

students’ understanding about the aspects of the texts, the teachers who are using

Pathway to English for Senior High School Grade X General Program should be

able to explain in more detail when they are teaching Recount texts, particularly in the biography types.

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