A CONTENT ANALYSIS ON COGNITIVE ASPECTS IN THE MERDEKA CURRICULUM ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR GRADE XII OF INDONESIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

The implementation of a taxonomy hierarchy is very important as a basis for
determining the extent to which learning activities can improve students' critical
thinking abilities which can be demonstrated through the composition of HOTS and
LOTS. This research aims to determine the composition of HOTS and LOTS in
cognitive aspects in terms of language skills and language knowledge based on the
revised Bloom's Taxonomy theory. This research employed content analysis with
qualitative descriptive methods in the English Textbook entitled "Train of Thought"
for class 12 of the Merdeka Curriculum. The data collection method used a checklist
table instrument and was analyzed using simple percentages. The findings revealed
that the LOTS composition still dominated overall, especially in the language skills
aspect in the questions aspect of each skills activity with the indicator C2
(understand). Besides, in the learning aspect, LOTS composition dominated reading
skills and HOTS composition dominated writing skills. The language knowledge
aspect was dominated by HOTS which consists of vocabulary and grammar aspects.
Therefore, the implications of this research analysis show that there are HOTS and
LOTS compositions with different proportions in this English textbook. In
conclusion, the books published by the Merdeka Curriculum currently contain
HOTS and LOTS according to theory in different proportions.
Keywords: Content analysis, English textbook, Revised Bloom’s taxonomy,
Merdeka Curriculum