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DEVELOPING A TEXTBOOK WITH BIG BOOK MEDIA BASED BASAL READERS METHOD TO IMPROVE EARLY READING AT LOW CLASSES Yani Agustiningrum; Slamet Utomo; Irfai Fathurrohman
Jurnal PAJAR (Pendidikan dan Pengajaran) Vol. 5 No. 5 (2021): September
Publisher : Laboratorium Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33578/10.33578/pjr.v5i5.8380

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This study aimed to develop a basal readers method with Big Book media for educators and first grade students which was valid, practical, and effective. The development process was carried out based on Borg & Gill model which emphasized the context of needs (educators and students) so that a textbook for early reading skills could be produced through Big Book media based Basal Readers method. The results of the validity test, which was obtained from the validation of content, language, presentation, graphics, found that the total percentage was 93.10% with Very Valid category. Then, the resultsof the questionnaire revealed that the percentage of the teacher's response was 90.25% and for the students’ responses was 87.22% while the effectiveness of early reading based on the t-test showed that the value of t count > t table = 5.458 > 2.414. It was concluded that the textbook with big book media based basal readers method was feasible to be used in early reading at the lower grades of elementary school.
Unveiling Indonesian EFL Textbooks Content: Lexical Density and Readability Alifia Berlianti; Slamet Utomo; Atik Rokhayani
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature Vol. 13 No. 2 (2025): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Lite
Publisher : Universitas Islam Negeri Palopo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24256/ideas.v13i2.7487

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The complexity of reading text can be determined by lexical density and readability levels. The purposes of the research are to find the lexical density and readable level of reading text in local textbooks of Indonesian EFL. This research took a descriptive qualitative approach; the document of this study was fourteen reading text selected from each chapter from Modul Belajar Praktis Bahasa Inggris. The researcher grounded on Ure’s (1971) for lexical density and Flesch’s (1994) for determine readability level. After analyzing the data, the result show that all lexical density of the reading texts was high and the readability score ranging from 43.46 to 80.36. Based on Flesch’s (1994) from the fourteen reading texts from this textbook was classified into 5 level: easy for two texts, fairly easy for five texts, standard for two texts, fairly difficult for three and difficult for three.