An Evaluation of English Textbooks for the Eleventh Grade of SMA N 1 Bantul
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Evaluation, English, textbooksAbstrak
The objectives of this study are to: (1) find out whether textbooks used for English teaching and learning have fulfilled the criteria of good textbooks and (2) reveal the suitability of the two textbooks with the 2013 curriculum. The research findings showed that there were criteria in English textbooks with the criteria of good textbook according to Cunningsworth. The research also found out that the strengths of “Bahasa Inggris” textbook lies in its use of communicative activities at the end of the scientific approach cycle while its apparent weakness lies in its childish form of illustration which is too simple and uninteresting for teenagers. Furthermore, “Pathway to English” lies in its material and varied activity, focus on semi free activities and much materials of vocabulary and grammar item while its apparent weakness lies listening skill there are some pronunciation of native speakers is unclear of pronunciation, so confused the learners. And then, the language style is too higher.
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