THE ANALYSIS OF THE READING MATERIALS IN “ENGLISH ON SKY 2” TEXTBOOK BASED ON SCHOOLBASED CURRICULUM FOR GRADE VIII STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

This study attempts to describe the conformity between reading materials in
English on Sky 2 Textbook for grade VIII students’ of junior high school and the
requirements of School-Based Curriculum in the aspects of indicators, text types,
social function, rhetorical structure, and linguistic features. It was designed as
documentary analysis in the form of descriptive qualitative research. The data of
this study were reading materials collected from English on Sky 2 Textbook
published by Erlangga in 2007. Based on the analysis of those aspects, it was
found that the aspect of indicators gains 81.66% conformity, the aspect of Text
types gains 66.66% conformity as the six text types required by School-based
Curriculum are not all presented in the textbook, the aspect of social function
gains 37.5 % conformity, moreover, the aspect of rhetorical structure gains 100%
conformity, and the aspect of linguistic features gains 100% conformity. From
the data obtained, the total conformity between the textbook and the requirements
of School-based Curriculum attains 77.16% conformity. This number is
categorized as good according to Nurgiyantoro’s Criterion Referenced
Evaluation. Therefore, this textbook is appropriate to be used by both teachers and
students in English language teaching, particularly in teaching reading as this
textbook has already followed the instructions and the requirements of Schoolbased
Curriculum.