THE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEACHING MATERIALS TOWARD CURRICULUM COMPETENCE (Textbook Analysis of “When English Rings a Bell – Revised Edition 2017” for VIII Grade of Junior High School Published by Kemendikbud RI)

Abstract

Education is an effort to develop qualified human resources. By having education, humans will have a quality in their future. Nowadays, education in Indonesia can not be separated from the development of curriculum. There are two curricula that used in Indonesia. The 2013 curriculum is a further step of school based curriculum. The implementation of 2013 curriculum in teaching English influences the teaching material. Textbook is one of teaching material that used by the teacher and the students. In teaching and learning process, the teacher and the students usually use textbook. The textbook has been arranged for the students to explore their selves by learning independently. They not only can understand a subject matter in accordance with the competencies which is stated in the book but also can measure their thinking skills. In this era, there are several varieties of textbooks used in school. For example “When English Rings a Bell – Revised Edition 2017” which published by Kemendikbud RI. The learning activities of that textbook more emphasize scientific approaches, such as observing, questioning, experimenting, associating, and communicating. In this occasion I am going to present my research proposal which has the objective to describe the presentment and the competence building of English teaching material to the students. This study is textbook analysis with descriptive qualitative method. The writer uses document and interview in collecting the data. The result showed that the presentment of English teaching materials in the English textbook When English Rings a BellRevised 2017 Edition are compatible with the scientific approaches of 2013 curriculum and the competence building of English teaching materials in the English textbook When English Rings a Bell- Revised 2017 Edition are compatible with the basic competence in terms cognitive and psychomotor domain.