A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF TEXT COMPLEXITY IN INDONESIAN EFL TEXTBOOKS

Ahmad Fadhil, - (2023) A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF TEXT COMPLEXITY IN INDONESIAN EFL TEXTBOOKS. S2 thesis, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia.

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Abstract

Exploring text complexity in EFL textbooks offers valuable opportunities to enhance students’ language development and EFL material development. This study addresses the research gap by investigating the lexical density and grammatical intricacy levels in EFL textbooks from different publishers at the same grade level and also assessing EFL teachers' awareness level of these aspects of text complexity. This study aimed to compare the lexical density, grammatical intricacy, and types of lexical items, taxis, and logicosemantics used among texts in the two EFL Indonesian textbooks and this study also aimed to find out EFL Indonesian teachers' awareness level of these two aspects of text complexity. This study employed a qualitative case study methodology through content analysis, analyzing 20 texts, which 10 texts from each textbook, representing three genres; descriptive, recount, and narrative to examine text complexity in these EFL textbooks, alongside conducting teachers’ responses through 5 points Likert-scale questionnaire with 43 EFL teachers to assess their awareness levels of these aspects of text complexity. The findings highlighted that Pathway to English X exhibited a notably higher lexical density score with a value of 4.6, compared to Bahasa Inggris year X, which had a 4.2 score, among all genres in the case of this study. Regarding grammatical intricacy (GI), Bahasa Inggris year X recorded a GI value of 1.6, whereas Pathway to English X had a slightly higher GI value of 1.8, indicating the grammatical intricacy score was also higher in this private publisher textbook. The study also showed that there were differences in the distribution of lexical vocabulary, parataxis, hypotaxis and types of logicosemantic; expansion, and projection among genres found in these two EFL Indonesian textbooks. Furthermore, a significant proportion of EFL teachers encountered challenges in differentiating lexical vocabulary or grammatical vocabulary that contributed to the complexity of the text, indicating that EFL Indonesian teachers need to increase their lexical density awareness. In contrast, the majority of the teachers demonstrated good comprehension of the clause-complex structure of the texts including taxis and logicosemantics, indicating a high level of grammatical intricacy awareness. This recent study holds substantial implications for both EFL teaching and learning, as well as EFL materials development, showcasing its potential to significantly impact and contribute to the field of English as a Foreign Language education.

Item Type:	Thesis (S2)
Additional Information:	ID Sinta Dosen Pembimbing: 5994823 WAWAN GUNAWAN 6658778 YANTY WIRZA
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), Lexical Density, Grammatical Intricacy, Taxis, Logicosemantics, EFL Textbooks, Teachers' Awareness
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Sekolah Pasca Sarjana > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris S-2
Depositing User:	Ahmad Fadhil
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2023 19:45
Last Modified:	05 Sep 2023 19:45
URI:	http://repository.upi.edu/id/eprint/100916

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