Abstract:
This research dealt with the analysis of writing standard in English textbook for
Senior High School grade X. It was intended to investigate the writing standard
realized within the English textbook. The method used in this study was
descriptive qualitative method. The data involved the contents of English textbook
taken from the materials written in English textbook entitles “Bahasa Inggris
SMA/MA/SMK/MAK Kelas X” published by Pusat Kurikulum dan Perbukuan,
Balitbang, Kemendikbud in 2017. The data collected were analyzed based on
Miles and Hubermann (2014) analysis model including data reduction, data
display and conclusion. The research findings from the analysis showed that the
textbook “Bahasa Inggris SMA/MA/SMK/MAK Kelas X” published by Pusat
Kurikulum dan Perbukuan, Balitbang, Kemendikbud in 2017 did not fulfill all of
the textbook writing standard criteria (textbook evaluation) as proposed by
Cunningsworth (1995). The eight criteria with forty-five detail criteria of textbook
writing standard criteria (textbook evaluation), there were only twenty-nine detail
criteria were fully completed by the textbook, while fifteen others were not fully
fulfilled, and one was unfulfilled. So, it was concluded that the English textbook
of Bahasa Inggris SMA/MA/SMK/MAK Kelas X” published by Pusat Kurikulum
dan Perbukuan, Balitbang, Kemendikbud in 2017 had not been included into very
good standard of textbook writing.
