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ANALYSIS OF SPEAKING ACTIVITIES IN PATHWAY TO ENGLISH : A TEXTBOOK
BASED ON 2013 CURRICULUM

Linea Dorothea

Abstract

This study aimed to find out to what extent the speaking activities in Pathway to English
textbook fulfilled the criteria of mnemonic device, S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G, proposed by Dell
Hymes(1974). The sample of this research was a textbook, Pathway to English, published by
Erlangga in 2013. The data were collected by selecting speaking activities written on the
textbook and they were analyzed using the checklist of mnemonic device, S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G. The
result show that 57 speaking activities written on the textbook only fulfilled three categories of
the mnemonic device; S,E and I. The findings of this study were to remind the teacher, who use
Pathway to English textbook, to develop the instruction of the speaking activities in line with
S.P.EA.K.I.N.G proposed by Dell Hymes.

Keywords: speaking activities, mnemonic device S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G, 2013 curriculum textbook