READABILITY OF TEXTBOOK FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

This research deals with the readability level of reading texts and the eighth grade
students of junior high school. The objective of this research is to find out the
readability level of reading texts in English for junior high school textbook. The
researcher used qualitative method in which the researcher describes the
readability level of reading texts in the textbook by using Gunning Fog Index
Formula. The text that will be analyze are 16 reading texts which are consists of
three genres, 4 descriptive texts, 4 recount texts, and 8 narrative texts. They are
the whole reading texts in the English for junior high school textbook, published
by Mediatama. Based on the analysis by using Gunning Fog Index Formula, from
total number 16 reading texts, 12 reading texts are in the very easy level, 1 text is
in the standard level, and 3 texts are in the difficult level. In average, the texts are
in the very easy level with score 7.3. It’s found based on the Gunning’s theory. It
is concluded that reading texts in English for junior high school textbook are not
in the appropriate level for the eighth grade students of junior high school in SMP
Negeri 3 Stabat.