Abstract:
This research related to the content analysis at thefirts senior high school, the
objective of the study analyzedthe conformity of content in the Erlangga English
textbook “Pathway”. This research used descriptive qualitative Method. The data
collected for this research were from Erlangga English the textbook
“Pathway”The authors of the textbook are M. Sudarwati and Eudia Grace. The
editors of textbook are Dwi wahyu Priyanto and Raymond S. Furthermore, The
textbook is published by Erlangga Publisher in the 2014. This textbook is created
for Senior High school and MA Grade X (General Programme). the distribution of
the higher-order thinking skill in the essay reading exercise 10 questions out 147
essay reading question or 8.6% while the distribution of the lower thinking skill
137 of 147 questions or 93.1%. The distribution of the higher thinking skill in the
essay reading exercise inErlangga English Texbook “Pathway” is lower than the
distribution of lower order thinking skill.