LEXICAL BUNDLES IN READING PASSAGES OF ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL: A COMPERATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THREE BOOKS OF DIFFERENT GRADES

The students of senior high school still need a long time to understand
reading texts. In English textbooks, the existence of lexical bundles can
help students to understand the meaning of the reading text. This study
investigated the lexical bundles found in the reading passages of English
textbooks for senior high school. There were two objectives for this
research. The first is to find the difference between 3-word and 4-word
lexical bundles in readings passages in English textbooks for senior high
school. Second, to find the categories of lexical bundles found in reading
passages in English textbooks for senior high schools. The method used
in this research was descriptive quantitative used reading in an English
textbook for senior high schools entitled "Bahasa Inggris". In addition, this
research used the theory from Biber. According to Biber, the categories of
lexical bundles are noun phrases, verb phrases, and prepositional
phrases. Data collection in research was assisted by AntconC software to
determine lexical bundles and analyze lexical bundles according to lexical
bundles categories. The results of this research found that there were 55
lexical bundles in X grade, 60 lexical bundles in XI grade, and 81 lexical
bundles in XII grade. Then, categories of the lexical bundles, there were
102 noun phrases, 49 verb phrases, and 45 preposition phrases. Lexical
bundles three-word and four-word were found in reading passages in
English textbooks. Then, lexical bundles three-word had the highest
occurrence rate compared to the four-word lexical bundle. In addition, the
category of noun phrases was used more often than the categories of verb
phrases and prepositional phrases in reading passages of English
textbooks for senior high schools. Therefore, it is recommended to use
more lexical bundles in English textbooks for senior high schools. So, with
lots of lexical bundles, students can understand English naturally, and
students can understand the text.
Keywords: Lexical Bundles, Reading, and Textbook