AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH WRITING TASKS IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK GRADE X PUBLISHED BY KEMENDIKBUD 2017

This research aim to analyze the types of writing tasks in English Textbook
Grade X published by Kemendikbud 2017 using the type of writing task as suggested
by I. S. P. Nation's (2009) theory. This research employs a mix method technique to
investigate and quantify the data found in the textbook to clarify the characteristics of
the phenomenon being studied. These two methods are Descriptive Quantitative and
Qualitative Content analysis. Based on the result, there are 27 writing tasks in the
textbook. With 13 out of 27 writing tasks as suggested by Nations with a percentage
of 48,14%. These tasks are Experience with 7 tasks (25,92%), Shared with 5 tasks
(18,51%), Guided with 13 tasks (48,14%), and Independent with 2 tasks (7,41%).
Almost half of writing task criteria have met the criteria of writing task as suggested
by Nation. Furthermore, the study revealed that the textbook predominantly features
writing tasks that carefully assist or guide the learner. Because textbooks are designed
to make work easier by employing activities that carefully assist the learners, if the
tasks classified as Guided tasks are much higher than other tasks, it indicates that the
task is at the proper level. Thus, the researcher concluded that writing tasks in the
"Bahasa Inggris" English Textbook are rated as good tasks, and students in the Tenth
Grade of Senior High School should use this textbook.
Keywords: Writing, Writing Task, Textbook.