AN ANALYSIS ON WRITING EXERCISES IN “ LOOK AHEAD 1”

ENGLISH COURSE BOOK FOR TENTH GRADE OF SENIOR

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BASED ON KTSP 2006
AT SMAN 7 MATARAM

A THESIS

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of

the Requirement for Degree of Bachelor of Education in
English Language Education

By:
AMRI JAELANI
11212A0002

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MATARAM

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM
2018

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

All praise to Allah SWT, Lord of the world the most gracious and the most
merciful, for blessing in giving me the spirit, so that this thesis could be
accomplished which is entitled “An Analysis on Writing Exercises in “Look
Ahead 1” English Course Book for Tenth Grade of Senior High School Students
Based on KTSP at SMAN 7 Mataram ''. This thesis is presented to fulfill one of
the requirements in accomplishing the S-1 English Education Program of Teacher
Training and Education Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Muhammadiyah University of Mataram.
On this occasion, with great humility, the writer would like to thank you to
all of those who have given me help and guidance so that this thesis can be
finished.
Completion of writing of this thesis, the writer would like to thank to:
1. Drs. Mustamin H. Idris, M.S. as a Rector of Muhammadiyah University of
Mataram.
2. Dr. Hj. Maemunah, M.H as a Dean of Faculty of Teacher Training and
Education Muhammadiyah University Mataram.
3. The Head of English Education Study Mrs. Hidayati, M.Hum who has given
permission to write the proposal.
4. My greates consultants Mrs. Hidayati, S.Pd., M.Hum ,and Ms. Humairah,
S.Pd., M.Pd as my supervisor in completing this thesis through the guidance
and direction as well as the encouragement that are very useful and helpful for
the preparation and writing of this thesis.
5. All Lecturers at the English Department of Faculty of Teacher Training and
Education of Muhammadiyah University Mataram., who have taught,
motivated and give guidance during the writing of this thesis.
6. My Friends from class of 2012 Muhammadiyah University of Mataram. Keep
in touch forever guys.

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7. Other people whom the researcher cannot mention all here for always praying
and being there for the researcher.

The research realizes that this thesis is still far from the perfection.
Therefore, he will be glad to receive any constructive criticims and
recommendation to make the thesis better.
Mataram, 2018
The Researcher,

AMRI JAELANI
NIM.112 12A 0002

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 MOTTO

When we try to get out of the task

and the problem then the future will
not be able to advance
Try to be sincere, honest and
serious person

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 DEDICATION

This Thesis is Dedicated to:

My beloved mother and father Mrs. Aminah and Mr. Hasan H. Yusuf

My beloved sister and brother Cica Elmiyati S.T, Tri Idamanti S.E

Santri Yusmulyadi and Khusnul Badik

My dear friend Sri Rohayu S.pd

My whole family and friends

My almamater

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 ABSTRACT

Jaelani Amri. A Thesis: An Analysis on Writing Exercise in “Look Ahead 1”

English Course Book for Tenth Grade of Senior High School Student Based on
KTSP 2006 at SMAN 7 Mataram. English Language Education University of
Muhammadiyah Mataram.2018.

Exercises are important to enable students to master English skill,

especially writing. When giving exercises the teacher should examine whether
exercises are relevant or not with some aspect considered in writing exercise. In
this thesis, the writer focus on analysing the writing exercises present in Look
Ahead 1 (English Course Book for Senior High School Student Year X). It is an
English course book for the tenth grade students of senior high school. The
objective of this study is to evaluate writing exercises in Look Ahead 1 in term of
clear direction, presence of example and types of writing. This study is qualitative
research using content analysis. Subject of this research are 10 writing exercises
which are displayed in Look Ahead 1. The data were collected from the course
book of Look Ahead 1 (English Course Book for Senior Hight School Students
Year X) published by Erlangga. From the analysis the writer found that in term of
clear direction all clear direction tests, cooperation tests, maching tests,
completing tests, instruction test, attentive test in term of presence of example and
types of writing, some of the writing exercises is demanded in writing based on
KTSP curriculum of Senior Hight School Grade X.

Key Words: Course Book, Curriculum KTSP 2006

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER .......................................................................................................... i
APPROVAL SHEET ................................................................................... ii
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE ................................................................... iii
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP ........................................................... iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ............................................................................. v
MOTTO ...................................................................................................... vii
DEDICATION ........................................................................................... viii
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................. ix
TABEL OF CONTENT ............................................................................... x

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Background of the Study ............................................ 1
1.2 Research Question ............................................................. 4
1.3 Purpose of the Study .......................................................... 4
1.4 Scope of the Study ............................................................. 4
1.5 Significance of the Study ................................................... 5
1.6 Definition of Key Terms .................................................... 6
CHAPTER II THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK
2.1 Course Book ...................................................................... 7
2.1.1 Definition of Course Book ............................................... 7
2.2.1 The Function of Course Book .......................................... 8
2.1.3 Kinds of Course Book.................................................... 10
2.2 Definition of Writing ........................................................ 12
2.2.2 Important Role of Writing ............................................. 13
2.2.3 Writing a Productive Skills ............................................ 14
2.3 Definition of Exercises ..................................................... 16
2.3.1 Types of Writing Exercises............................................ 16
2.3.2 Clear Direction .............................................................. 17
2.3.3 Presence of Example ...................................................... 18

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 2.4 Definition Curriculum....................................................... 18
2.5 Previous Research ............................................................. 20
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODS
3.1 Research Design ............................................................... 22
3.2 Object of the Study ........................................................... 23
3.3 Source Data ....................................................................... 23
3.4 Technique of Collecting Data ........................................... 23
3.5 Procedure of Data Analysis .............................................. 24
CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Result of the Study............................................................ 26
4.2 Data Analysis .................................................................... 27
4.2.1 Clear Direction ............................................................... 28
4.2.2 Presence of Example and Type of Writing .................... 31
CHAPTER V CONCLUSSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclussion ....................................................................... 40
5.2 Suggestion ......................................................................... 40
BILBIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................... 41
APPENDIX ................................................................................................. 43

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