LEXICAL DENSITY AND READABILITY IN READING TEXT ON 10TH GRADE STUDENTS ENGLISH TEXTBOOK “BAHASA INGGRIS”

Hani, Kurnia Permata and Azwandi, Azwandi and Indah, Damayanti (2023) LEXICAL DENSITY AND READABILITY IN READING TEXT ON 10TH GRADE STUDENTS ENGLISH TEXTBOOK “BAHASA INGGRIS”. Undergraduated thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

This research aimed to describe lexical density of reading texts on English textbook for 10th grade of high school level entitled “Bahasa Inggris” and to measure the levels of readability in reading texts on the English textbook entitled “Bahasa Inggris”. This research employed a qualitative descriptive research design. The subject of this research was reading text on English textbook for 10th grade students entitled “Bahasa Inggris” published by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia revision edition that out on 2017. In this study, the documentation technique was used to collect data about related needs in analysis of lexical density and readability, such as curriculum, textbook, and reading text on English textbook. Then, the data were analyzed by applying formula based on Halliday (1985) and Flesch (1948). As a result, this study found two findings. First, reading texts on the English textbook had high and low lexical density. In the textbook, the text entitled Taj Mahal had the highest lexical density with percentage of 63.77%, and the lowest one entitled Meeting My Idol with percentage of 48.36%. Second, the readability level in the reading texts on the English textbook was standard because the average of readability in reading texts was 65.1. In conclusion, most of the reading texts had high lexical density and the textbook was largely accepted as a good text. Keywords: Lexical Density, Readability, Reading Text, English Textbook

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