scholarly journals English textbooks evaluation for the seventh grade

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Diba Ratu Vidari Jannah ◽  
Rr. Hasti Robiasih

The objective of this study are to: (1) find out whether the English textbooks of Mandiri and Solatif for seventh grade have fulfilled the criteria of good textbook, (2) reveal the suitability of the two textbooks with the 2013 Curriculum. This research was conducted using evaluation research. The design was employed to obtain information about the conformity between the basic competences in syllabus of 2013 Curriculum with the materials in the English textbooks and also between the criteria of a good textbook by Cunningsworth with the English textbooks. In this study, two English textbooks; Mandiri and Solatif for seventh grade of junior high school were taken to be analyzed. The results showed that Solatif meets three criteria of a good textbook by Cunningsworth. They are aim and approaches, topics, and methodology. It is partly suitable with four categories: design and organization, language content, skills, and political consideration. However it fails to meet one criterion, which is teacher’s book. Mandiri meets none of the criteria of a good textbook by Cunningsworth. It is partly suitable in seven criteria which are aims and approaches, design and organization, language content, skills, topics, methodology, and political consideration. It fails to meet one criterion; teacher’s book. Based on the data got from the conformity of Solatif with the 2013 Curriculum, it can be summarized that the materials in Solatif covers eight KDs for the seventh grade of junior high school, meaning that it accommodates all what is needed by the students for seventh grade of junior high school. Mandiri. It covers seven KDs for the seventh grade of junior high school. Unfortunately, it does not cover one of the last KD.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Siska Cahyani ◽  
Satya Perdana

The objectives of this study are to: (1) describe the appropriateness of textbooks used by seventh grade junior high school with the criteria of good textbooks developed by Ur’s theory, and (2) reveal the strengths and weaknesses of each textbook. This research was conducted using evaluation research. The data was obtained through document analysis and interviewing expert. Ur’s theory was used to analyze the data. The objects of this research for analysis were two English textbooks; WERB and Bright for seventh grade junior high school. The research found out When English Ring a Bell meets eight criteria of a good textbook by Ur. They are: objectives explicitly laid out in an introduction, attractive layout and visual material, interesting and various topics, the content organization, and graded adequate guidance for the teacher, and readiness of the textbook. Bright meets all the criteria of a good textbook. The researcher also found the strength of WERB lies in its colorful and attractive layout and the textbook also presents various topics that motivate the students to practice actively. There is teachers’ book as guidelines. Meanwhile, the strength of Bright lies in clear layout, pictures and illustration, four skills are covered. Its main weaknesses are the dull color of this textbook and no teacher’s book is provided. The researcher concludes that Bright is better than WERB. This book is appropriate with criteria of good textbooks and used by teacher and student. It is available in many bookstores. Bright is also compatible in terms of coherence and unity of ideas among units and language content.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Athia Fidian ◽  
Nanik Supriani

This research is aimed to find out the conformity between the materials in the English textbooks for the seventh grade Junior High School with the basic competences in the syllabus of English Curriculum. This research belongs to an evaluation research. In this study, four kinds of English textbook for the seventh grade of junior high school; ‘When English Rings The Bells’, ‘Let’s Speak English’, ‘Bright’, and ‘Headline English’, were  analyzed  based on 2013 English curriculum. The instruments used in this research was a checklist on teachers’ interview and also students’ interview. The data in this research were analyzed by using 14 criteria according to Tomlinson (2008) to evaluate the course book. Findings show that the materials in the textbooks do not conform to the basic competences in the syllabus. This study shows that not all the content of the textbooks conform to the basic competences in the syllabus of English Curriculum 2013. Beside that some of books also don’t meet the learners want and need. Another finding is that those books had its strengths and weaknesses. Those books provide varied activities and texts and develop character buildings. Besides, they are visually attractive. On the other hand, they did not include material for pronunciation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 501
Author(s):  
Kasini Kasini ◽  
Miftah Pusparaini

The purpose of this research is to find the type of grammatical error in students’ writing descriptive text made by the seventh graders of junior high school in Cimahi.The population consists of five classes, and we took 20 students to be sample. The study found out that the types of grammatical error are: Omission, Addition,Misformation and Misordering. The total of each type of error are: Omission 39.34%, Misordering 28.68%, Addition 18.03%, and Misformation 13.93%. Based on the research, it can be assumed that students usually miss to put a word like to be must appear in a well-formed sentence. And the lowest frequently of error is misformation, it is because in descriptive text there are rarely use plural words.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-386
Author(s):  
Iin Baroroh Ma'arif ◽  
Yuyun Bahtiar ◽  
Muthoharoh

This research aims at designing a learning media which named LEEF (Learning English Easy and Fun) as English learning media for seventh grade students of Junior High School. This learning media consists of some materials and exercises which is appropriate and feasible to be studied for students. All materials in this media are based on junior high school syllabus of K13 curriculum. The research method used in this research is Research and Development. This development used ADDIE model which have several steps, those are; 1) Analysis, 2) Design, 3) Development, 4) Implementation, and 5) Evaluation. The result of this research shows that from the media validation result got 4.00 score it was in “fair and worth to use” category, and the material validation got 3.86 score. The students’ responses of try out result score 4.26 were in “fair and worth to use” category. By having those result, this LEEF (Learning English Easy and Fun) is feasible to be used as a learning media for seventh grade students of junior high school. Furthermore this research can be used as reference to other researchers in developing English learning media in different level of students.  


Author(s):  
Tetty Matanari ◽  
Syahnan Daulay ◽  
Malan Lubis

The development of a teaching material must be based on the analysis of student needs. Development of teaching materials have to be able to answer or solve problems or difficulties in learning. This study aims to know the development of writing folk poetry teaching material according to the materials expert team with copy the master technique for seventh grade student of junior high school 1 Rantau Selatan, in Labuhan Batu District. This study was conducted by using Probability Sampling technique. The result shows that all teachers and students need modules in the learning process. Teaching material products developed in folk poetry writing materials with copy the master learning technique for seventh grade students of junior high school 1 Rantau Selatan meet the requirements and are appropriate to use based on the validation of material experts and design experts.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Dean May Julian ◽  
Baginda Simaibang ◽  
Mulyadi Mulyadi

This thesis was concerned with the inquiry on the correlations among learning motivation, self-confidence, and writing ability of the seventh grade students at State Junior High School of Lubai Ulu Sub-District of Muaraenim Regency. The problem of the study was to investigate the correlation among students’ learning motivation, self-confidence, and writing ability. The total number of the population were 474 students. The sample for this study was 83 students taken through a simple random sampling technique. Data were collected by adopting a questionnaire for learning motivation, self-confidence, and test for writing ability. Data were analyzed by using r-Product Moment and Multiple Regression. Finding showed that: (1) there was significant correlation between learning motivation and writing ability; (2) there was not any significant correlation between self-confidence and writing ability; (3) there was not any significant correlation between learning motivation and self-confidence; (4) there were significant correlations among learning motivation, self-confidence, and writing ability of seventh grade-students at state Junior High School of Lubai Ulu Muaraenim.


1962 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 549-552
Author(s):  
William A. Harner

A reaction from a seventh-grade class to what seems to be a difficult problem for most junior high school pupils. The discussion is reproduced here as it happened.


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