AN ANALYSIS OF WHEN ENGLISH RINGS A BELL TEXTBOOK CONTENT:TEXTBOOK FOR GRADE VII OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

This research aims at discovering to what extent When English Rings A
Bell textbook published by The Ministry Of education and Culture of Republic of
Indonesia in 2016 met the criteria of a good textbook. This research used
descriptive quantitative method to analyze the content of the textbook. The data
were gathered by evaluating the content by using checklists evaluation criteria. In
the data analysis technique, the total criteria points which were met in a textbook
for each sub aspect was divided by the total of criteria points in each sub aspect
and times 100%. In ensuring judgment whether the criterion is fulfilled by the
textbook or not. The researcher was helped by a teacher as a co-researcher. The
result confirmed that When English Rings A Bell had met the criteria of
satisfactory textbook with the fulfillment 73% from four aspects criteria, subject
and content, skills and subskills, layout and practical consideration aspects .The
result of each aspects are different in this textbook. This textbook is categorized as
a good textbook viewed from the subject and content aspect and the layout aspect
Meanwhile, viewed from skills and subskills aspects and the practical
consideration aspects, It does not fulfilled the criteria as a good textbook.
Keywords:textbook,content analysis