2nd Workshop on Language, Literature and Society for Education, Wol2SED 2018, December 21-22 2018, Solo, Indonesia

Research Article

The Readability of Elementary School Level Textbooks with Raygor Graphics in the Context of Indonesian Language Education

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.21-12-2018.2282573,
        author={B Sumadyo and S Setiawati and Sumarti Sumarti and H Hilaliyah and Y Agustin and I Nafilah},
        title={The Readability of Elementary School Level Textbooks with Raygor Graphics in the Context of Indonesian Language Education},
        proceedings={2nd Workshop on Language, Literature and Society for Education, Wol2SED 2018, December 21-22 2018, Solo, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={WOL2SED},
        year={2019},
        month={3},
        keywords={readability; textbook; raygor graphics},
        doi={10.4108/eai.21-12-2018.2282573}
    }
    
  • B Sumadyo
    S Setiawati
    Sumarti Sumarti
    H Hilaliyah
    Y Agustin
    I Nafilah
    Year: 2019
    The Readability of Elementary School Level Textbooks with Raygor Graphics in the Context of Indonesian Language Education
    WOL2SED
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.21-12-2018.2282573
B Sumadyo1, S Setiawati1,*, Sumarti Sumarti1, H Hilaliyah1, Y Agustin1, I Nafilah1
  • 1: Universitas Indraprasta PGRI
*Contact email: sulisjbsi@gmail.com

Abstract

Textbooks are books that are used as standard references on certain subjects as supporting learning goals. One of the requirements of a good textbook is that the readability level is in accordance with the level of the target student class. This study aims to determine the level of readability of Indonesian textbooks Curriculum 2013 level of elementary school. The method used is descriptive analysis using Raygor graphics. The sample in this study were twelve texts from the Indonesian language book Curriculum 2013 class V. Each one theme was taken one text. The results showed that for grade V Indonesian textbooks, of the twelve texts analyzed, one text did not meet the criteria for analysis (8,3%), nine texts did not match the readability level (75%), and two texts were appropriate (16,7%). Overall, it can be concluded that the readability of the Indonesian textbook Curriculum 2013 at the grade V level of elementary school is not in accordance with the target students if measured using Raygor graphics. However, another interesting finding in the textbook is that there is a small dictionary at the bottom of each text that contains an explanation of some vocabulary related to the text presented.