Akbar Syahbana
UNIVERSITAS NEGERI SEMARANG

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THE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH READING TEXTS BASED ON NATIONAL CHARACTER AND CULTURAL EDUCATION ON COURSE BOOK FOR THE TENTH GRADE AT THE STATE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN PAMEKASAN Akbar Syahbana; Mochammad Rizqi Adhi Pratama
OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Vol. 11 No. 1 (2017): OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19105/ojbs.v11i1.1243

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This study is based on the phenomenon around us that has many inappropriate contents of books especially in reading texts. Whereas, there is regulation from the government which should insert the value of National Character and Cultural Education as character building in all elements of education. The author took the course book that was widely used by many English teachers at the state of Senior High School in Pamekasan, totally nine schools. Then, descriptive qualitative was used as research design. The purposes analyzed what values were existed in reading texts and how reading texts had reflected the values. Furthermore, this study used descriptive qualitative to analyze the findings. Based on the result, the author found 13 values which were inserted in 17 reading texts, but the rests were not; besides,  there were several ways of reading texts to reflect values.
Investigating Readability of Texts from the Perspective of Discourse Analysis Mochamad Rizqi Adhi Pratama; Akbar Syahbana
OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Vol. 12 No. 2 (2018): OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19105/ojbs.v12i2.1894

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Investigating readability of texts for use in teaching reading becomes crucial as teachers should adjust the readability of the texts to suit the level of students’ reading skill. If the students learn the inappropriate level of readability of reading texts, it might decrease the success of teaching reading or even the learning of reading might be absent. This paper is aimed at investigating how to analyze readability of the texts in the perspective of discourse analysis; thus, English teachers can choose and apply the appropriate texts as the teaching materials for their students. The objects of this study are three different texts about butterflies taken from three different sources. The study employed descriptive qualitative with concerning the all aspects of the texts which contribute to the readabilities of the texts using Gerot and Wignell (1995) and Eggins’ (2004) theories. Based on the result, there are three central elements of the texts which substantially contribute to the texts’ readabilities such as technical terms, noun phrases, and finiteness. Finally, it is suggested that the teachers analyze the three elements of texts as the consideration in adjusting the texts’ level of readabilities with the students’ level of reading skills.