The Unsuitability of An English Textbook by Indonesian Government for Students of Office Management

Abstract

Most of English textbooks in Indonesia for grade X are designed as General English lesson and give unspecific impacts for students at vocational high schools, especially in OFfice Management study program. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the unsuitablity of materials content and learning process in an English textbook as ESP materials for students of Office Management study program at vocational high schools. It implemented qualitative approach with content analysis technique. This research analyzed an English textbook published by Indonesian government as the data source. The data was collected by applying interpretive-intensive and analytical-critical reading techniques. In data collection, this research employed triangulations and inter-rater reliability to ensure the data trustworthiness. The deployed instrument in this research was ESP materials checklist. The steps of data analysis were unitizing, sampling, recording, reducing, inferring, and narrating. This research found that there were 6 criteria showing the unsuitability of the English textbook as ESP materials for Office Management students at vocational high schools in grade X. Therefore, the textbook needs materials adjustment to provide suitable materials content and learning process for Office Management students. The adjustment is expected to have a modification of the content, especially the topics, on the future textbook for students at vocational high schools majoring in Office Management.