AN ANALYSIS ON HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILL (HOTS) IN COMPULSORY ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR THE TWELFTH GRADE OF INDONESIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

Abstact: This research aimed to investigate the composition of HOTS (higher
order thinking skill) in language tasks of the English textbook “Bahasa Inggris
SMA/MA/SMK/MAK kelas XII Edisi revisi 2018”; and to explain the dominant
cognitive dimension used in this textbook. The design of this research was
descriptive quantitative. This research classified as a content analysis. The results
shows that the composition of Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) presented in
the language skill tasks on the English Textbook entitled “Bahasa Inggris
SMA/MA/SMK/MAK kelas XII Edisi Revisi 2018” are lower than the Lower Order
Thinking Skill (LOTS). In addition, the most dominant cognitive dimension used
in the language skill tasks of this textbook is remember (C1). Hence, it is not
enough if the teacher just only uses the English textbook Bahasa Inggris
SMA/MA/SMK/MAK Edisi Revisi 2018 as a teaching tool to improve students
HOTS ability.
Key words: textbook, higher order thinking skill (HOTS), revised Bloom’s
taxonomy.