AN ANALYSIS OF READING GENRE ON THE TEXTBOOK USED FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP N 4 KERTEK IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 2012/3013

Abstract

In this study, the writer chooses an analysis of reading genre on the textbook used for the Eighth Grade of SMPN 4 Kertek in the school year 2012/ 2013. The objectives of the study is to find out the kindof genre contained in the reading passages found in English in Focus textbook for the Eighth Grade of Junior High school and to find out lexicogrammatical of reading the text  based on English in Focus textbook for the Eighth Grade of Junior High school.Qualitative research gives priority to analyze data. The data in this study is analyzed in the form  of description and identification or analysis of the texts. In this research, the writer analyzes the lexicogrammatical in reading text based on the eighth grade of Junior High School. The data is collected from the  reading texts found in  English in Focus textbook for theEighth Grade of Junior High school. They are eight reading texts which are categorized into different kinds of text. The result of the analysis shows  that there are three genres which are used in English in Focus textbook for the Eighth Grade of Junior High School. They are descriptive, recount, narrative text and these genres fulfill the Educational Unit Level Curriculum(KTSP) English syllabus requirement. The lexicogrammatical of reading text in English in Focus textbook for the Eighth Grade of Junior High School is around focus on participant, material process,temporal sequence and conjunctions, simple present and past tense.