LEXICAL DENSITY AND GRAMMATICAL INTRICACY IN THE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH TEXTBOOK OF GRADE XI VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nanda Aulia Putri And Siti Aisah Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Vocational School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Low Level ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Procedure Text ◽  
Lexical Density ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Report Text ◽  
Reading Texts

The study analyzes about lexical density and grammatical intricacy which aim to construe the lexical density index and the grammatical intricacy index of the texts of English textbooks for eleventh grade of vocational school, to find out the highest level of lexical density and grammatical intricacy which formed in the reading texts and then both are classified based on the categories which is conducted in this study. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The data of this study were English reading texts in Get Along with English textbook for grade eleventh vocational school published by Erlangga.The results are: there are eleven reading texts which are classified into five genres of texts; they are report text, recount text, procedure text, descriptive text and discussion text. There are seven reading texts which are classified into medium level of frequency. In addition, there are four reading texts are classified into low level of lexical density after having counted by conducting Halliday’s theory, whereas to classify grammatical intricacy index, the results are all of reading texts are included into low level of frequency by using scale zero to ten. The results imply that the reading texts may be quite comprehended by eleventh grade of vocational school students because most of reading texts are classified into medium level category with the highest indices are: (1) the LD is 4.65; (2) the GI is 4.66. It is suggested that further textbook writers to concern with the lexical density of the reading texts, and for the teachers also have to adjust the teaching materials with the genre of texts which being taught so that the students can achieve the goal of the study.

LEXICAL DENSITY OF READING TEXTS IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Desi Ariska And Isli Iriani Indiah Pane
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Lexical Density ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Report Text ◽  
Reading Texts

This study deals with lexical density of English reading texts in the textbook of junior high school. The objectives of the study are to find out the lexical density of reading texts of English in Focus textbook, the text which has the highest lexical density in the reading texts, and the reason of the text which has the highest lexical density in reading texts. This study was conducted by descriptive qualitative method. The data of this research were the English reading texts of English in Focus textbook for ninth grade students of junior high school published by National Education Department. The result of the analysis showed that: (1) The lexical density of procedure texts are 5.90, 5.08, 5.5, and 4.69, report texts are 5.92, 4.22, 4.06, and 3.64 and narration texts are 2.92 and 2.90. The score showed that the lexical density of eleven reading texts on English in Focus textbook for ninth grade of junior high school is categorized medium based on the Halliday’s theory. It means that the texts are not difficult, easy to understand and suitable for ninth grade students of junior high school. (2) The highest lexical density of the reading texts is report text entitled “The Chinese Influence in Indonesian Visual Art” (5.92) because of the higher number of lexical items than grammatical items, few clauses and more vocabularies of words. (3) Report text has the highest lexical density because of the high proportion of lexical items in the text and it also because of the generic structure, language features and the style of writing report text.

THE READABILITY OF READING TEXTS IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR GRADE VIII STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 KABANJAHE 2016/2017

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rinaldi Masda Syahputra And Johan Sinulingga
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
10Th Grade ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Readability Formula ◽  
Reading Texts

This research analyzed the readability of reading texts taken from English textbooks for grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Kabanjahe of 2016/2017 entitled English in Focus published by Pusat Perbukuan Departemen Pendidikan Nasional. Being important a textbook as the most used in sources of a class, textbook should be readable and appropriate for the students especially for the reading texts inside it. The goal of this research was to find out how is the readability of those reading texts in the textbook.To describe and investigate the readability, this research used a readability formula measurement called SMOG Grading Formula which is found by G. Harry Mc. Laughlin. The source of the data were 20 reading texts taken randomly from English in Focus textbook.The major findings of the study showed that the readability of 20 reading texts were in the variety level for students within 5th elementary school to the 10th grade high school students level, and it found that 13 of 20 reading texts or about 65% of the data are appropriate for the 8th grade students who are the user of the book. Meanwhile, this research also found reading texts which are not appropriate for the students. There are 3 reading texts are too easy and 4 are too difficult for them. So, 35% reading texts in the data is not appropriate for 8th grade students.

scholarly journals The Feasibility of English Textbook for Vocational School

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-63
Author(s):  
Masrupi Masrupi ◽  
◽  
Akhmad Baihaqi ◽  
Miftahul Hakim
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Material Design ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Vocational Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
National Education ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Core ◽  
English Textbooks

The objective of the research is aiming to identify the feasibility of the English textbooks for use by vocational school in Pandeglang regency. To reach the objective, the researchers used qualitative research. The data were collected from three English textbooks used for vocational school, interview, and questionnaire. The techniques of analyzing data were focused on the analysis of materials provided within the textbook with the core and basic competence of 2013 curriculum. The criteria were suggested by National Education Standards Agency (Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan) and Rajan material design. The findings show that (1) the material relevance to the core and basic competence of 2013 Curriculum of the first English textbook (TB1) is 81.25%, the second English textbook (TB2) is 93.75%, and the third English textbook (TB3) is 87.5%; and (2) the categories of feasible textbook for vocational students for TB1 is 83.3%, TB2 is 91.6%, and TB3 is 75%. These results indicate that the three books are relevant and feasible for use by vocational school students.

scholarly journals Revealing the Philosophical Foundation in English Textbook for Vocational School Students Grade X and Curriculum 2013

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Fatma Rahayu Nita ◽  
◽  
Oikurema Purwati ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Philosophical Foundation ◽  
Social Reconstruction ◽  
School Students ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
Attribution Analysis ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
Crucial Part

Both philosophy and curriculum are a crucial part of education. Philosophy becomes a very important foundation of the curriculum since it affects the objectives of learning and content, as well as the structure of the curriculum (Ornstein & Hunkins, 2018). Thus, philosophy is included in the three aspects of curriculum development. It also aims to determine the process of teaching and learning. Therefore, this study attempts to reveal the philosophical foundation employed in the textbook and its relation to curriculum 2013. This study was based on the inferential content analysis, so the object was an English textbook under the title ‘Forward an English Course for Vocational School Students Grade X’. It applied linguistics and communication construct analysis to make an inference. Then, it recorded and categorized the data. The inferences were examined through attribution analysis. The results found there were ten points related to the content and the structure of the textbooks. It also revealed the philosophical foundations employed in the textbook, for instance, essentialism, perennialism, humanism, existentialism, social reconstruction, and progressivism. These philosophical foundations are in line with the philosophical foundations implied in curriculum 2013. Finally, both English textbooks for vocational students and curriculum 2013 more concerned with the student’s character and skills. The skills that should be developed to engage with this 21st century such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation.

scholarly journals Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi intensi berwirausaha siswa SMK

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caecilia Vemmy
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Parental Influence ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Risk Tolerance ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Ambiguity Tolerance ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Medium Level

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi intensi berwirausaha siswa SMK Program Studi Keahlian Teknik Otomotif di Kabupaten Tabalong- Kalimantan Selatan. Populasi penelitian ini sebanyak 162 siswadan sampel sebanyak 114 siswa. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner dan wawancara. Analisis data menggunakan teknik regresi linier berganda. Hasil analisis menemukan bahwa intensi berwirausaha siswa SMK Program Studi Keahlian Teknik Otomotif di Kabupaten Tabalong- Kalimantan Selatan tergolong pada kateori sedang. Uji hipotesis menemukan bahwa variabel kebutuhan akan berprestasi berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap intensi berwirausaha sebesar 0,299 (sig.0,003). Begitu pula kreatifitas sebesar 0,384 (sig.0,000); kemandirian sebesar 0,292 (sig. 0.006); keberanian mengambil risiko sebesar 0,380 (sig.0,012); toleransi keambiguan sebesar 0,491 (sig. 0,011); pengaruh orang tua sebesar 0,242 (sig.0,049) dan self efficacy sebesar 0,493 (sig.0,000) berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap intensi berwirausaha. Pada uji F menemukan variabel kebutuhan akan berprestasi, kreatifitas, kemandirian, keberanian mengambil risiko, toleransi keambiguan, pengaruh orang tua dan self efficacy secara simultan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap intensi berwirausaha dengan nilai 34,415 dan sig.0,000. Adjusted R2 sebesar 0,674 menunjukkan bahwa variabel independent secara bersama-sama memberikan sumbangan efektif sebesar 67,4% terhadap intensi berwirausaha siswa SMK Program Studi Keahlian Teknik Otomotif di Kabupaten Tabalong-Kalimantan Selatan, sisanya sebesar 32,6% dijelaskan oleh faktor-faktor lain selain faktorfaktor yang dibahas dalam penelitian ini. FACTORS AFFECTING ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION OF ENGINEERING VOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENTSAbstractThe objective of this research is to identify factors which affect Entrepreneurial Intention of Engineering Vocational School in Tabalong, South Kalimantan.The population of this research is 162 students. A technique called proportional random sampling is used. From this technique, about 114 students are concluded. Also, the method of collecting data is using the questionnaire and interview, whereas dual linear regression technique is used as data analysis.Based on the data analysis, the entrepreneurial intention of Engineering Vocational School Students in Tabalong, South Kalimantan can be categorized in medium level. The variable found in earlier hyphoteses leads to a result that the Entrepreneurial Intention is positively affected significant by need for achievement (n Ach) for 0.299 (sig. 0.003); creativity 0.384 (sig. 0.000); independence 0.292 (sig. 0.003); risk tolerance 0.380 (sig. 0.012); ambiguity tolerance 0.491 (sig. 0.011); parental influence 0.242 (sig. 0.049) and self efficacy 0.493 (sig. 0,000). An F-Test is formulated and thus, can be concluded that the variable of need for achievement, creativity, independence, risk tolerance, ambiguity tolerance, parental influence are positively and significantly related to entrepreneurial intention with a value of 34.415 and sig. 0.000. Adjusted R 2 of 0.674 indicates that independent variable stimulateunously affects 67.4% on the entrepreneurial intention of Engineering Vocational School students in Tabalong, South Kalimantan. The rest 32.6% is explained by the other factors to this research.

scholarly journals TEXT COMPLEXITY IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhani Aldila Putra ◽  
Iwa Lukmana
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Text Complexity ◽  
Lexical Variation ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Lexical Density ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Reading Texts

Textbooks have been considered to play a key role in the processes of education by researchers and educators, and the need to explore the language of textbooks has become increasingly recognized. However, although textbooks are an important learning tool, textbook language and composition have not been widely explored especially from textual perspectives. The purpose of the present study is to investigate text complexity progression in the reading texts of English textbooks published for senior high school students in Indonesia. The nature and rate of that progression are addressed within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics. Being largely qualitative, this study examines three consecutive textbooks issued by the Ministry of Education, which are available online for classroom use. Data were collected and sampled from the reading texts found in the textbooks and were analyzed with regard to lexical density, lexical variation and grammatical intricacy in order to find the complexity of the texts. The results of the analyses show that regardless of the inconsistent progression of text complexity within each textbook, there is a consistent pattern of text complexity progression across grade levels. In other words, the lexical density, lexical variation and grammatical intricacy across the textbooks were found to have consistent progression from one grade level to another of which the direction is positive. It could be concluded that in general the language used in the texts becomes increasingly sophisticated, especially at lexical level, in accordance with grade level progression to cater for students’ intellectual development.

scholarly journals An Analysis on Readability of English Reading Texts With Automated Computer Tool

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91
Author(s):  
Yulianto Yulianto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Reading Texts

Selecting appropriate textbook to the students is important because textbook have dominant role in the success of foreign language teaching and learning. The purpose this article is to analyze the readability level of English reading texts with automated computer tools. There are eight reading texts that will be analyzed in this qualitative study.  The data and source of data of this research were adopted from an English textbook entitled Pathway to English 2 Textbook for the Eighth Grade of Junior High School Students Published by Erlangga. The results reveal that only 1 text was appropriate for seven or eight grade of Junior High School students. There were 6 texts appropriate elementary students. And there was 1 text suitable for Senior High School students.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING ENGLISH READING TEXTBOOK OF PROCEDURE TEXT FOR GRADE XI OF AVIATION MANAGEMENT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dian Regina And Masitowarni Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Average Score ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Aviation Management ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Procedure Text ◽  
Educational Research And Development

The study aims to make an appropriate English reading textbook for grade XI students of aviation management vocational school, Medan. This study was conducted by applying the six phases of educational research and development proposed by Borg and Gall which are 1) Gathering information and data, 2) Analyzing data, 3) Developing Procedure Text Materials, 4) Validating new procedure text materials by expert, 5) Revising reading procedure text materials based on experts’ suggestions, and 6) Final Products (Reading Procedure Text Textbook). It was found that students and teacher agreed that the existing materials currently used by the students were irrelevant with aviation management’s students. The irrelevance materials were then developed by applying the ESP approach. The texts were developed into five new relevant procedure text materials. The new materials were validated by two experts. The average score of the validation was 4.6. It showed that the new procedure text materials were very good, relevant, and feasible.

LEXICAL DENSITY AND GRAMMATICAL INTRICACY OF READING MATERIALS IN ENGLISH IN FOCUS TEXTBOOK FOR FIRST GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amna Apriany Delima Batubara And Sumarsih
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
First Grade ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Lexical Density ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Reading Texts

This study aims to find out the lexical density and grammatical intricacy of English reading texts in the textbook for the 1st grade of junior hih school to measure the difficulty of the text. The objectives of the study are to find out the lexical density and grammtical intricacy which formed in the reading texts of English in Focus Textbookwhich has the highest both of lexical density and grammatical intricacy. This study was conducted by descriptive method with qualitative research. The data of this research were the English reading texts of English in Focus Textbook for First Junior High School. The data were text analyzed by using Halliday’s theory. The result of this study; 1).Lexical density formed of the texts was high based on Halliday’s theory that the texts had more lexical item than grammatical item, Text 1 was 57.31%, Text 2 was 70.83%, Text 3 was 68.75%, Text 4 was 61.36%, Text 5 was 58.82%, Text 6 was 60.86%, Text 7 was 69.23%, Text 8 was 71.42%. Grammatical Intricacy formed of the texts was high based on Halliday’s theory that the texts had more complex clauses than simple clause, Text 1 was 7, Text 2 was 4, Text 3 was 2.16, Text 4 was 2, Text 5 was 1.08, Text 6 was 1.75, Text 7 was 2, Text 8 was 2. 2).Lexical density influences the difficulty of reading texts if it has higher proportion of lexical items than grammatical items. While grammaticcal intricacy also influences the difficulty of reading texts if it has higher proportion of complex clauses in comparison with simple clauses. 3).The length of the sentence did not influence the grammatical intricacy of the texts but the more complex clauses and content carrying lexical items could make the reader difficult to process the texts.

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