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VOCABULARY LEVELS OF ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR INDONESIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADE TEN
Lusiana Sari Rahayu(1), Barli Bram(2*)
(1) Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta
(2) Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta
(*) Corresponding Author
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The Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture has published the latest edition of an English textbook entitled Bahasa Inggris to provide lesson materials based on Kurikulum 2013 or K-13. This paper aimed to discover whether or not the official English textbook Bahasa Inggris provided a suitable level of vocabulary for the tenth-grade students of senior high school. This content analysis focused on vocabulary levels. Data consisted of chapters 1-5, the first five chapters of the textbook to discuss in class in the first semester. The website vocabkitchen.com was used to analyze the vocabulary levels based on CEFR and Longman Communication 3000 vocabulary list was used as a reference to check the common 3000 words in both written and spoken English. Results showed that 27 words, more specifically 10 nouns, eight verbs, six adjectives, and three adverbs, were categorized as high-level vocabulary items. The researchers suggested alternative words that were considered as lower-level category words to improve the textbook. It is expected that the suggested improvements would assist the students to acquire their vocabulary proficiency to understand the content of the textbook well.
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