READABILITY IN TALK ACTIVE 2 TEXTBOOK FOR THE ELEVENTH GRADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze and describe the readability of reading texts in a
textbook entitled Talk Active 2 for the Eleventh Grade Senior High School. This
research concerned on measuring six reading texts in the textbook which were
selected by using random sampling. The measurements used in this research were
Flesch Reading Ease Formula and Cloze Test. The test was distributed to the 40
eleventh grade students at SMA Swasta Galih Agung. Furthermore, the writer
used descriptive method. From the analysis by using Flesch Reading Ease
Formula, it was found that 3 of 6 texts are readable for the eleventh grade
students. The three texts are the third text Emperor Penguin (57.06), fifth text
Should Parents Censor Their Children’s Reading Material? (63.59) and sixth text
Dewi Sartika (53.47). But, only the third text and sixth text are appropriate for the
eleventh grade students because the scores are between 50 to 60 (Fairly Difficult)
which estimated for 10th-12th grade. The average readability score of the six texts
by using Flesch Reading Ease Formula is 51.35 (Fairly Difficult) which is
appropriate for 10th-12th grade. Moreover, the results by using cloze test showed
that text 6 has score 78.80% (Independent Level) which is predicted to be quite
easy and the students can read the text independently. Meanwhile, text 1 to 5 have
score between 40% to 60% (Instructional Level). The average score of six texts is
59.7% (Instructional Level) which predicted to be appropriate difficulty and it can
be concluded that the reading texts are appropriate for the eleventh grade students
and the students need teacher’s assistance to comprehend the texts.