Skripsi

Analysis of reading comprehension questions in the English textbook for eleventh graders\' based on Barrett\'s taxonomy / Dining Ayu Novytasari

Abstrak
ABSTRACT Novytasari Dining Ayu. 2017. Analysis of Reading Comprehension Questions in the English Textbook for Eleventh Graders Based on Barrett s Taxonomy. Sarjana Thesis English Department Faculty of Letters Universitas Negeri Malang. Supervisors (I) Dr. Furaidah M.A (II) Dr. Sri Rahmajanti Dipl. TESL M.Pd. Keywords Reading Comprehension Question Textbook Barrett s Taxonomy In the context of the English as a foreign language Indonesian students still need questions that require low level of thinking before they embark on questions for higher level of thinking skills. Considering that the proportion of the questions from the two categories in learning resources should be in balance. The researcher conducted this research to know whether the textbook for eleventh graders published by the government presents balanced distribution of questions for lower and higher levels of thinking. The researcher used Barrett s Taxonomy because it is taxonomy specifically evaluates reading comprehension questions. A descriptive qualitative design was used in this study. The researcher developed evaluation sheets to collect the data and to analyze the reading comprehension question in the textbook based on Barrett s Taxonomy. After the researcher analyzed the data it can be concluded that the most dominant form of the question was Wh-questions and the percentage of it was 52.5%. The percentage of Yes/no questions was 45.9% and Alternative question was 1.6% of the entire reading comprehension questions. Meanwhile the textbook did not contain True/false and Multiple choice questions. The most dominant Barrett s Taxonomy category found in the textbook was Evaluation (E) and the percentage of it was 44.3%. The percentage of the Appreciation was 19.7% Literal Comprehension and Inferential Comprehension was 18%. Meanwhile the textbook did not contain any Reorganization question. In the context of learning English as a foreign language learning variety of question forms and levels of difficulty can help the learners develop their reading ability to comprehend reading texts. The distribution of them should be in balance. This study is advantageous for groups of people like textbook authors English teachers and future researchers. The textbook authors may consider these findings for improving the quality of the textbooks. The English teachers may consider modifying the question or use another supplementary material when the reading comprehension questions are not suitable for the students. The future researchers who are interested in conducting study on the same field may evaluate other textbooks or learning materials by considering the criteria used in this study or develop other criteria from another expert of textbook evaluation.

Informasi Detail

DDC

Rs 428.43 NOV a

Prodi

Universitas Negeri Malang. Program Studi Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris, 2017.

Deskripsi Fisik

viii, 124 lembar : il. , tab. ; 30 cm

Bahasa

No Reg

06527/KI/17

Edisi

Skripsi (Sarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang. 2017

Subjek

1. BAHASA INGGRIS - MEMBACA
2. ENGLISH LANGUAGE - READING

Pembimbing

1. Furaidah ; 2. Sri Rachmajanti

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