The Readability Level of English Textbook Published by Kemendikbud for Grade Xi

Mustika Permatasari, Tati Lathipatud Durriyah, Ismalianing Eviyuliwati, Maya Defianty, Neneng Sunengsih, Nasrun Mahmud, Wahyunengsih

2021

Abstract

This study aims to examine and describe the readability level of reading texts in English textbook published by the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) for the eleventh grade of Senior High School with a descriptive analysis method. There were 11 reading texts of the English Textbook 2017 revised edition as the object of this research. The instrument of this study was to collect data procedures and then measure with the Flesch Reading Ease (FRE) formula. There were only two of the reading texts were found as the appropriate level for eleventh-grade students. The data showed that only 18.18% of the eleven reading texts were suitable for eleventh-grade students. The suitable level was Fairly Difficult level, which ranges from fifty to sixty and has been set as the appropriate level for eleventh-grade students. Therefore, the readability level of the English textbook published by Kemendikbud was low and did not match eleventh-grade students’ level.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Permatasari M., Lathipatud Durriyah T., Eviyuliwati I., Defianty M., Sunengsih N., Mahmud N. and Wahyunengsih. (2021). The Readability Level of English Textbook Published by Kemendikbud for Grade Xi. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-602-6, pages 31-36. DOI: 10.5220/0011240200003376

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri21,
author={Mustika Permatasari and Tati Lathipatud Durriyah and Ismalianing Eviyuliwati and Maya Defianty and Neneng Sunengsih and Nasrun Mahmud and Wahyunengsih},
title={The Readability Level of English Textbook Published by Kemendikbud for Grade Xi},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2021},
pages={31-36},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011240200003376},
isbn={978-989-758-602-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - The Readability Level of English Textbook Published by Kemendikbud for Grade Xi
SN - 978-989-758-602-6
AU - Permatasari M.
AU - Lathipatud Durriyah T.
AU - Eviyuliwati I.
AU - Defianty M.
AU - Sunengsih N.
AU - Mahmud N.
AU - Wahyunengsih.
PY - 2021
SP - 31
EP - 36
DO - 10.5220/0011240200003376