The criteria of well-organized textbook

The criteria of well-organized textbook

1.      The textbook must develop language skills as means of communication. It covers oral (Listening and speaking) or written (reading and writing) skills. It also must develop intellectual, social and emotional aspects of learners which support learners’ successful in learning all subjects. 

2.      The textbook must use fluent and good English within presenting its contents. It must be suitable with the linguistics and contextual communication.

3.      The textbook must develop language skill through students centered-learning and their environment in the context of natural and authentic daily life.

4.      The textbook must develop life skills such as personal, social, academic and vocational.  

5.      The textbook must develop cross culture understanding in order to support the friendship in the local, national and international relationship. By revealing the insight about cross culture understanding to minimize misunderstanding, grow the mutual appreciation, and improve the quality of human interaction.

6.      The textbook must orient to science and technology development.

The criteria of good content of English textbook

1.      The textbook must encourage learners to explore, at least, short and simple interpersonal texts which is related with the students life. It is to have students understand and produce the utterances in interpersonal (oral and written) and interact with their environment.

2.      The textbook must encourage students to explore the transactional texts to be able to give and take (to offer and advice) which is related with the students life and the entire of subjects as well. 

3.      The textbook must encourage students to explore the functional texts and short monologue to develop four basic skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Reading) about daily life topic and the entire of subject as well.

4.      The textbook must encourage students to explore variety of texts which are relevant with the daily life  in order to accostume students to understand the texts.

5.      The textbook must encourage students to have explicit understanding about  social function, meaning structure and linguisic feature.

About the textbook

The textbook is entitled BAHASA INGGRIS Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP) dan Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTS) kelas VII. The authors are Mikdam Mustopa and Entin Suryatin and edited by M. Dudy Ernawan. It is published by TITIAN ILMU Bandung 2005. This book is designed to cover all language skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Reading) and develop students to use the language properly and adequately. It is compiled systematically based on literacy approach by covering the linguistic competences.

This textbook contains the real and familiar life contents and presented by variety of activities. It is completed by phonetic symbols as well. The phonetic symbols that used in the textbook are IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), which are taken from IPA English Dictionary. It is also enriched by the listening scripts and key answers as well. 

After having analyzed the book, thence I can draw some points as follows:

1.      This textbook is relatively good to use for the junior high school students since it cover all aspect of linguistic skills.

2.      the textbook has status balance