text book analysis

TEXT BOOK ANALYSIS



TITTLE : COMMUNICATION BUILDER English for Vocational School
PUBLISHER : PUSAT PERBUKUAN
GRADE : XII
CHAPTER : UNIT 1-2-3




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NAME :
STUDENT NUMBER :
CLASS : L




CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

A . Background of study
Education has a strategy role in development of a nation. The quality of the human resource of a nation can be improved by education. This national education has to be able to ensure the equality in opportunity to get an education, the improvement of education quality, the improvement of education relevance and the improvement of efficiency of education management.
In education the teachers read text books. English text books should have correct, natural, recent, and standard English. Since students vocabulary is limited. The vocabulary in textbooks should be controlled or textbook should provide information to help students understand vocabulary that they may not familiar with for lowers level students, grammar should also be controlled. Many textbooks use narratives and essays. It would be useful to have variety of literary forms.
No textbook is perfect. Therefore, teachers should have the option of assigning supplement materials based on their own specific needs in their own specific teaching situation.

B. Purpose of study
No text is perfect. So we have to analysis the weakness and the advantages of the textbook.
To match the textbook to the program and the course. Prior to selecting a textbook, education should thoroughly examine the program curriculum. If the goals and curriculum of the program are clear and well defined, the parallels with certain textbook may become obious. For example, if one of the goals of the program is to give student an opportunity to interact with authentic text, then books that use articles written for native English speakers would be appropriate. If the program focuses on developing reading fluency, books designed, to support the development or reading skills would be appropriate.
At this point, another decision needs to be made whether to choose a textbooks series or to use individual texts for each course. There are advantages and disadvantages and disadvantages to each choice, educators must prioritize the factors most crucial to their situation. A series has advantage of standardizing content and approach across levels, guaranteeing consistency of presentation of skills, spiraling of vocabulary, and reasonable progression of text difficulty. However, this regularity can become monotonous and predictable for learns and could potentially cause an increase in negative attitudes toward the textbooks or even toward the course it self. Using individual textbooks allows for more precise matching with course objectives and a greater variety in design and content. Yet, there can be serious gaps in the material covered from one textbooks to the next, close communication among instructors across level is essential.




CHAPTER II DISCUSSION

A. The Weaknesses of this textbook are
1. Program, course, and text objective
- The explanations about grammar are limited
- The color design of this book is not interested
- The contents are not detail and the explanations about material are too simple
2. Skills, exercises, and activities
- The exercises and the activities do not reinforce what student have already learned and represent a progression from simple to more complex
- There is no balance between controlled and free exercises
- Some of questions or exercises are not relation

B. The advantages of this textbook are :
1. Program, course, and text objective
- And also the design of this textbook is interested
- Some picture are applied to support the content or material
- The contents or materials are interested to learn
- The materials are good and also useful for students because they can apply when in daily life
- This textbook has vocabulary and how the pronunciation of the words
- This textbook can develop the students’ vocabulary
- There are some explanation about grammar for example : Expressing Preference, subjunctives with wish/if only, reported Speech
- The sentence are easy to understand
- The question are interested
- This textbook summaries that adequately review chapter content
- This textbook sensitive to the cultural background and interest of student
2. Skills, exercises, and Activities
- The fourth skills (listening, writing, reading, and speaking) are presented in the textbook appropriate to the course
- The exercises and activities varied and format so that they will continually motivate and challenge learners
- Every units has enough exercises to train the student abilities and student skills
- The exercises and activities in the textbook promote learns’ language development







CHAPTER III CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A . Conclusion
Decision related to textbooks selection will affect teachers, student, and the overall class room dynamic. It is probably one of the most important decision facing ESL/EFL educators.
The use of an evaluation procedure or checklist can lead to a more systematic and thorough examination of potential textbooks and to enhanced out come for learns, instructors, and administrator. The check list maybe used or adapter as a tool to help ESL educators who are deciding which text books maybe most appropriate for their classes.
this book have many advantages like : And also the design of this textbook is interested, some picture are applied to support the content or material and also it has many weaknesses like : The color design of this book is not interested , the contents are not detail and the explanations about material are too simple.
B.Suggestion
We do hope to the author or writer of this book (communication builder English for Vocational School Grade XII) more creative and more discipline for designing book colors and picture because they can motivate the student to learn and study.