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The implementation of scientific approach on English language teaching faces its challenges due to the nature of English language teaching as a foreign language. The use of Textbooks prepared by the education ministry is expected to be able to provide effectiveness and flexibility of the teaching to achieve the learning goals. The principles of reflective teaching cannot be seperated from the process of English language teaching. This study is aimed at evaluating the Textbooks freely provided by the ministry of education, so called BSE. A content analysis study was done to see the implentation of reflective teaching in the textbooks. The principles of reflective teaching and the foreign language teaching and learning are considered on the Textbooks. The Textbooks evaluated were English Textbooks for grade 7, 8, and 9. The findings present the surface level of reflective teaching. The reflective process are both in the middle of the book and the end of the book. The reflection is move on the students evaluation of their learning materials achievement and less on their character building aspect. The results of the study are expected to be the Textbooks evaluation for the betterment of the books and so with the English teaching and learning process.