AN ANALYSIS OF READABILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT IN THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED FORWARD AN ENGLISH (COURSE FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENTS GRADE XI) PUBLISHED BY ERLANGGA

YUSTIKA, ADI LESTARI (2023) AN ANALYSIS OF READABILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT IN THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED FORWARD AN ENGLISH (COURSE FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENTS GRADE XI) PUBLISHED BY ERLANGGA. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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ABSTRACT AN ANALYSIS OF READIBILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT IN THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED FORWARD AN ENGLISH (COURSE FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENTS GRADE XI) PUBLISHED BY ERLANGGA Textbook is crucial teaching learning material composed of text or images that is used many school and facilitating sequences of learning activities. Reading is the ability to connect the reader, the text, and the interaction between the reader and the text, forming the meaning of information. Therefore, the readability level of text is needed to motivate students to be able to build up their interest in reading text. This study aimed to investigate what is readability level in English textbooks entitled “Forward An English” published by Erlangga. This study adopted a theory statistical readability formula Flesch Reading Ease. Therefore of this study was to find out the readability level of reading text in the English textbook entitled “Forward An English (Course for Vocational School Students Grade XI)”. The method used in this study was descriptive qualitative. The instrument of this study was the researcher herself. The data were gathered through document analysis the readability level of reading texts using Flesch Reading Ease Formula. There were 10 units and 26 reading texts of this study in the English textbook Forward An English (Course for Vocational School Students Grade XI). The data finding showed that in the English Textbook contained seven texts were readable or suitable for the eleventh grade students of Vocational School. The criteria of readability level of the reading texts were fairly difficult. Based on Flesch Reading Ease formula shows that there were four reading texts (15,4%) in a range score 80 – 89 classified into “Easy” reading level, four reading texts (15,4%) in a range score 70 - 79 classified into “Fairly Easy” reading level, six reading texts (23%) in a range score 60 – 69 classified into “Standard” reading level, seven reading texts (27%) in a range score 50 – 59 classified into “Fairly Difficult” reading level, four reading texts (15,4%) in a range score 30 – 49 classified into “Difficult” reading level, one reading texts (3,8%) in a range score 0 – 29 classified into “Very Difficult” reading level. Keywords: Reading Text, Readability Level, Textbook.

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