AN ANALYSIS OF READABILITY INDEX OF ENGLISH TEXTS IN
ENGLISH TEXTBOOK “WORK IN PROGRESSâ€
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Universitas PGRI Semarang
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Abiyoga, Erlangga
Subject
L Education (General)
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2024-01-19 07:44:14
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Abiyoga, Erlangga. 2023. An Analysis of Readability Index of English Texts In English Textbook ?Work In Progress?. Final Project, English Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Dr. Wiyaka M.Pd., Advisor II: Entika Fani Prastikawati S.Pd, M.Pd Keywords: Readability,English Textbook, Readability Index Textbook is one of the primary media to support the student?s daily life in pedagogical activities at school. There are several materials that should enhance the student skill for example reading text, educative illustration, problem solving questions, and etc. This research attempted to investigate the readability of English Textbook published by Ministry of Education and Culture entitled ?Work in Progress? because this book is particularly new in its curriculum. The objectives of the research were (1) to determine the readability Index of the textbook based on Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch Kincaid-Grade Level, and (2) to determine the nature of sentence structure used on each text that were found on the textbook. By using documentation to acquire the sample, the researcher found out that there are 15 different texts that can be used for the readability calculation data. After sorting out the data, the researcher then calculates each of the text readability index using both Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch Kincaid Grade Level. The result showed that there are eight texts that correspond well with the target audience as and seven texts that didn?t match with the target audience. Text difficulty, complexity and types are the main reason to this finding. This is due to their nature of sentence structure and word choice intersect with average sentence length and average syllable per word. The research further showed that text genre also affects the readability of the text as narrative text has higher readability score compared to other text genre.
Abiyoga, Erlangga. 2023. An Analysis of Readability Index of English Texts In English Textbook ?Work In Progress?. Final Project, English Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Dr. Wiyaka M.Pd., Advisor II: Entika Fani Prastikawati S.Pd, M.Pd Keywords: Readability,English Textbook, Readability Index Textbook is one of the primary media to support the student?s daily life in pedagogical activities at school. There are several materials that should enhance the student skill for example reading text, educative illustration, problem solving questions, and etc. This research attempted to investigate the readability of English Textbook published by Ministry of Education and Culture entitled ?Work in Progress? because this book is particularly new in its curriculum. The objectives of the research were (1) to determine the readability Index of the textbook based on Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch Kincaid-Grade Level, and (2) to determine the nature of sentence structure used on each text that were found on the textbook. By using documentation to acquire the sample, the researcher found out that there are 15 different texts that can be used for the readability calculation data. After sorting out the data, the researcher then calculates each of the text readability index using both Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch Kincaid Grade Level. The result showed that there are eight texts that correspond well with the target audience as and seven texts that didn?t match with the target audience. Text difficulty, complexity and types are the main reason to this finding. This is due to their nature of sentence structure and word choice intersect with average sentence length and average syllable per word. The research further showed that text genre also affects the readability of the text as narrative text has higher readability score compared to other text genre.
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