A CONTENT ANALYSIS ON THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTILTED “ THEMATIC ENGLISH EXPLORATION” FOR FIRST GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ABSTRACT This theis is written under the tittle A CONTENT ANALYSIS ON THE ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTILTED “THEMATIC ENGLISH EXPLORATION” FOR FIRST GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.With the research question does the English textbook “thematic English exploration” meet the textbook criteria in terms of content, presesntation and linguistics determinend by BNSP (BadanStandarPendidikan Nasional) ? the aim of this study to find out whether or not the English textbooks analyzed meet the criteria of a good textbook in terms of content, presentation, and linguistics determined by BNSP (BadanStandarPendidikan). The data resource of this research is the content of the textbook Thematic English Exploration as the document to be analyzed. The writer used content analysis as the research designed, a kind of research under qualitative research in analysis the data. The writer analyzed based on the rubric assessment from BNSP. The finding of this study indicate that the “Thematic English Eploration” textbook has reached a fair standard of the textbook evaluation criteria suggested by BNSP. Including in material accury, learning materials, language appropriateness, and teaching and learning technique. Key Words : English Textbook, Content Analysis, materials