IG 119 - THE TEXT STRUCTURES OF MONOLOGUE TEXT TYPES FOUND IN “JOYFUL ENGLISH BOOK 1 FOR

THE TEXT STRUCTURES OF MONOLOGUE TEXT TYPES FOUND IN “JOYFUL ENGLISH BOOK 1 FOR SMP CLASS VII” PUBLISHED BY CV ANEKA ILMU

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1    General Background of the Study

Language is the principle means used by human beings to communicate with one another. People can understand others and take information from others by using it. People use it to interact with others, to establish and maintain relations with them, to influence their behaviour and to express their own viewpoints on things in the world. Language is a device for communicating both spoken and written. It is primarily spoken, although it can be transferred to other media, such as writing. “Communication with words: the human use of spoken or written words as a communication system”. (Microsoft®Encarta®2006.©1993-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved)

English is a foreign language that is taught in schools in Indonesia. Our government stated in the 2004 curriculum, English as one of the compulsory subject (2003:14):

The aim of English subject is developing ability of communication in language, both spoken and written. (Reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills).

In this curriculum, the junior high school students’ graduate should achieve the functional level of literacy described by Wells (1991:52-53). This perspective emphasizes the uses that are made of literacy in interpersonal communication. To be literate, according to this perspective, is to be able as a member of that  particular society to cope with the demands of everyday life that involve written language.

Nowadays, National Education Standard Organization (BSNP) has arranged the 2006 Curriculum named KTSP “(Kurikulum Satuan Tingkat Pendidikan)” or school curriculum. But, actually it does not change the basis of 2004 curriculum substantially. Therefore, the content, the target, and the material of school curriculum are almost the same with 2004 curriculum. The school curriculum is the completeness of 2004 curriculum.

In the school curriculum, I find several actional competencies that should have been taught for the first students of junior high school. One of actional competencies is reading; understanding the meaning of steps of rhetorical development in the written text. There are transactional and interpersonal texts, short functional texts, and monolog texts including descriptive and procedure texts.

Based on the school curriculum, an English teacher needs to arrange syllabus, determine the basic competence, time allocation, and choose the teaching strategies and materials. The materials can be the authentic materials, for example from newspaper, magazine, recipe, or textbook.

A textbook is a manual of instruction or a standard book in any branch of study. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textbook)

An English textbook is a means to teach English, which at the same function as media to train students to learn English.

The teacher has responsibility to select the textbook that is used as a material in teaching learning process. Finocchiaro (1974:49) pointed out that he should be able to decide whether the contents of the textbook are suitable with the current curriculum or not. He wrote “we should examine as many as textbook as possible in the field of teaching English as a second language”. The contents of the materials in the textbook help him in teaching learning process.

1.2    Reason for Choosing the Topic

In this study, I have chosen the topic The Text Structures of Monologue Text Types found in Joyful English Book 1 for SMP class VII published by “CV Aneka Ilmu”.

I am interested in finding out whether the monologue text types found in that textbook are stated and written based on the school curriculum or not. The English school curriculum is actually designed based on the 2004 English curriculum which is text based, meaning that the monologue text in the textbook should be written by considering the two contexts encircling it, the context of culture and the context of situation.

1.3    Statements of the Problem

Problems that are discussed in this study can be stated as follows:

(1)     What monologue text types are found in Joyful English Book 1 for SMP class VII published by “CV Aneka Ilmu”?

(2)     How is each of the monologue text in that textbook structured?

1.4    Objectives of the Study

This study has the following objectives:

(1)     To know the monologue text types found in Joyful English Book 1 for SMP class VII published by “CV Aneka Ilmu”.

(2)     To know each of the monologue text in that textbook is structured.

1.5    Significance of the Study

The result of the study will hopefully be useful for the e teacher of English to consider when choosing a textbook to teach.

1.6    Limitation of the Study

I limit the scope of the study to only analyze the monologue text types found in the textbook in terms of the type of the text and how each of the text is structured. However I also analyze the social function of the monologue text, the generic structures and the grammatical features of it.

1.7    Outline of the Study

This study consists of five chapters.

Chapter one consists of the general background of the study, reason for choosing the topic, statement of the problem, objective of the study, significant of the study, limitation of the problem, and the outline of the study.

Chapter two consist of the review of related literature which contains theories underlying the writing of this study.

Chapter three is research methodology. It discusses the research approach, source of data, data, and procedures of analyzing data.

Chapter four consists of text analysis especially passages found in Joyful English Book 1 for SMP Class VII published by “CV Aneka Ilmu”.

Chapter five consists of conclusion and suggestion.

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