The data were gathered by evaluating the textbook using the checklist containing the criteria of textbook evaluation. 2017) for Junior High School of VII Grade, 2) referring to the criteria for English textbook evaluation issued by Mukundan, Hajimohammadi, and Nimehchisalem, 3) analyzing the textbook and interpreting the findings and drawing a conclusion.
Those were: 1) deciding on the subject, that is “When English Rings a Bell” (Ed. This research was categorized as a content analysis study following three systematic steps. 2017) based on the criteria proposed by Mukundan, Hajimohammadi, and Nimehchisalem. The objective of this study was to explain the criteria of general attributes and learning-teaching content in the English textbook entitled “When English Rings a Bell” for Junior High School of VII Grade (Ed. In addition, the checklist can be useful for pre-use, in-use and post-use textbook evaluation purposes. A five-point scale is also added in the checklist to help the evaluators in assessing the textbook based on the criterion. The fourth, the researcher selects the checklist because it is developed based on review of similar previous criterion to ensure its construct validity and give the clarity of its sub-aspects. The third, the researcher selects the textbook because it is the newest edition of three previous editions and although it is published by Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia, but there is no guarantee that the materials in the textbook have fulfilled good textbook criteria determined by textbook evaluation experts. The second, the Mukundan et.al’s checklist has not been used yet in analyzing English textbooks. The first, there is no scientific works especially in thesis analyzing the newest edition textbook along the researcher’s search. This research is conducted due to several reasons.
Key Word: Content Analysis, English Textbook and Mukundan et al’s Criteria Thesis, English Education Department, Tarbiyah Faculty, State Institute for Islamic Studies of Ponorogo. A Content Analysis of “When English Rings a Bell”: An English Textbook for Seventh Grade (Ed.
Undergraduate (S1) thesis, IAIN Ponorogo.
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