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A Content Analysis on English e-Book for Junior High School Grade VII, ”English In Focus”

English is a tool for global communication and students should master English to understand and strengthen their local and national culture as well as to know and understand international culture. The importance of English affects the way English are taught. English is not only taught in formal schools, but also many non-formal schools or institutions which offer certificates that can be used as one of job requirements. That is why it is important to increase the quality of English teaching. To improve English teaching, we have to improve the five components of language instruction. However, this study will only focus on the quality of textbook as one of the materials. Textbooks hold an important role in teaching and learning activities. Considering the importance of textbooks, teachers as well as students should have easy access to get textbooks. Indonesian government, through the National Education Department, provides the electronic school books (Buku Sekolah Elektronik) or e-book for elementary, junior high and senior high school. Although the government claimed that the e-book has already passed the National Education Standard, the result of the evaluation is not published. The teachers who use the books may not know which aspects of the books should be fully adapt or need to be improved. Hereby, the writer, as a future teacher, wants to analyze whether the government’s e-book has met the EFL textbook standard. The study is intended to analyze English e-book for junior high school grade VII, “English in Focus”, based on the EFL textbook evaluation criteria. The study is also expected to find out what criteria that have been fulfilled by English e-book for junior high school grade VII, “English in Focus”. The EFL textbook evaluation criteria used in this study is based on the criteria from Jahangard (in The Asian EFL Journal, 2007). The results of the study are (1) “English in Focus” is considered relevant to the EFL textbook evaluation criterion which can be seen from the level of suitability. The level of suitability of “English in Focus” is 90.91%, and it belongs to approximately relevant. It means that this book can be used with only several improvements.; and, (2) the criteria that are fulfilled by “English in Focus” are Objectives, Good Vocabulary Explanation and Practice, Periodic Review and Test Sections, Appropriate Visual Materials Available,  Clear Instructions, Clear Attractive Layout, Content Clearly Organized and Graded, Good Grammar Presentation and Practice, Fluency Practice in All Four Skills, Encourage Learners.