THE READABILITY LEVEL OF READING TEXT IN BAHASA INGGRIS EDISI REVISI 2017
Lelly Suhartini, Al Kadam Kayadi Nugroho, La Ode Ilan
Halu Oleo University
Abstract
This study was intended to investigate and describe the readability level of the book of ‘Bahasa Inggis Kelas X SMA/MA dan SMK/MK Edisi Revisi 2017- that used for tenth-grade students of Senior High School students. The writer used a descriptive method in which the writer attempted to analyze, elaborate and describe the readability level of selected reading text in Bahasa Inggris Kelas X SMA/MA, SMK/MK Edisi Revisi 2017 by using Flesch Reading Ease formula. The data of this research were 12 reading text. As the result of the analysis, 5 texts classified into fairly easy, 4 texts classified info fairly difficult and 3 classified into difficult. The result of the data analysis showed that there were only 4 texts suitable for the tenth grade of Senior High School students. By conducting a cloze procedural test, the 4 texts classified into 2 main levels of reading difficulty, text 2 and text 3 classified into an instructional level, means that reading text is fairly difficult to understand by students and need teacher direction down reading the texts. Meanwhile, text 4 and text 10 were classified into an independent level, which means those reading texts are simply to understand and students were being capable to handle the texts by themselves.
Keywords: Readability Level, Flesch Reading Ease, Cloze test.
Topic: Education