An Evaluation of Texts in Merdeka Curriculum-based English Textbooks for Tenth Graders Based on the Criteria of PISA Reading Text

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10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_19How to use a DOI?

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Reading; PISA reading test; Merdeka curriculum; English Textbook; Text

Abstract

Indonesian students’ mean-performance in PISA reading tests always score low. Issues dealing with unfamiliarity with the assessment are one of the causative factors. As a step to improve the quality of education, a new curriculum known as Merdeka curriculum was developed. The new curriculum is claimed to give the students more opportunities to acquire basic knowledge and skills such as literacy and numeracy. To support the implementation of the curriculum, new textbooks as one of the main teaching and learning sources were also opened. However, to what extent these textbooks have supported to make PISA reading tests familiar to the students does not defined yet. Three major characteristics build PISA reading tests, namely texts, processes, and scenarios (including contexts and tasks). Hence, this article aims at presenting the evaluation of texts for reading found in two English textbooks for tenth graders, that were developed based on the Merdeka curriculum. Content analysis was used to evaluate the texts based on the latest characteristics of texts used in PISA reading literacy assessment. The results revealed that the texts were not yet fully PISA-characteristic. Therefore, some recommendations were proposed as to the textbooks that can better represent texts used in PISA reading tests.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muflihatuz Zakiyah
AU  - Yuli Tiarina
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/30
TI  - An Evaluation of Texts in Merdeka Curriculum-based English Textbooks for Tenth Graders Based on the Criteria of PISA Reading Text
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 134
EP  - 139
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_19
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_19
ID  - Zakiyah2023
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