THE ANALYSIS OF INDONESIAN STUDENTS’ ENGLISH TEXTBOOK AND THAI STUDENTS’ ENGLISH TEXTBOOK

Tifany Cicilia

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This study is aimed to examine how Bahasa Inggris book compared to English Explorer 2, an English textbook used in Thailand. The instrument used in this study is an evaluation sheet adapted from BSNP (2014), Basic Education Core Curriculum (2008), Cunningsworth (1995), and Tomlinson (2003), which cover content feasibility, graphic feasibility, methodology, language content, language skills, and practical consideration. The study implements qualitative content analysis research design. The result of the study shows that English Explorer 2 book is better than Bahasa Inggris book in five out of six variables. English Explorer 2 was ahead Bahasa Inggris book in terms of content feasibility ( = 3.42>3.07), graphic feasibility ( = 3.46>2.86), language content ( = 3.375>2.75), language skills ( = 3.5>2.4), and practical consideration ( = 4>3.5). Bahasa Inggris is better than English Explorer 2 in only one variable, methodology, in which Bahasa Inggris got 3.3 and English Explorer 2 got 2.67 for the average score of methodology variable.

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