Abstract:
Textbook is one of components that is important because as everybody
knows, textbooks have function to carry out the purpose of teaching learning to be
more interesting and varied. Therefore, the researcher is interested to conduct the
research with the aimed of the study is to know the apropriateness of textbook
Look Ahead with the 2013 curriculum based on genre and language features.
The method of this research is qualitative. The object of this study is
textbook. Researcher analyzes about content of textbook based on genre and
language features in ‘Look Ahead’ textbook whether appropriate or not with 2013
curriculum. Every chapter in the “Look Ahead” analyzes by researcher. The book
of ‘Look Ahead’ is the textbook that is used by the teacher to teach 10th grade
students of Senior High School. The data are collected in many steps. Firstly, the
researcher classified texts in the book of “Look Ahead” into categorizes based on
the syllabus of 10th grade Senior High School. Secondly, the research describes
the result of the data analysis by making percentage. Thirdly, the researcher
interprets the data qualitatively.
The goal of this research is to find out the appropriateness of Look Ahead
textbook with the 2013 on the tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Kutowinangun in
academic years 2013/2014. In this research, the writer analyze every text in Look
Ahead and Talk Active textbook then classify in the genre and language features
based on theory. Researcher analyze based on quality and quantity of textbook.
Quantity containt about the sum every text types in Look Ahead and Talk Active
textbook. Quality containt about the social function, generic structure, and
language feature in every text in Look Ahead and Talk Active textbook based on
theory.
Based on the research finding which has been, the result of this research
are the text in Look ahead that appropriate with the 2013 curriculum there are
74% that consist of recount (26%), narrative (20%), description (28%). So, it can
be concluded that genre and language features of Look Ahead textbook
appropriate with the 2013 curriculumthe at the tenth grade students of SMAN 1
Kutowinangun in the academic years 2013/2014.
