Vocabulary Load on Two Mainstream Indonesian Textbooks for Foreign Learners: A Comparative Study
A textbook as foreign language teaching material is widely used by formal institutions. Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta uses the textbook of Bahasa Indonesia bagi Penutur Asing (BIPA) or Teaching Indonesian to Speaker of other Language (TISOL) as one of the teaching materials to learn Indonesi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tishk International University
2018-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://ijsses.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Vocabulary-Load-on-Two-Mainstream-Indonesian-Textbooks-for-Foreign-LearnersA-Comparative-Study.pdf |
| Summary: | A textbook as foreign language teaching material is widely used by formal institutions. Sebelas
Maret University, Surakarta uses the textbook of Bahasa Indonesia bagi Penutur Asing (BIPA) or Teaching
Indonesian to Speaker of other Language (TISOL) as one of the teaching materials to learn Indonesian for
foreign students. This study examines the frequency containing nouns, verbs and adjectives in two BIPA
textbooks, Sahabatku Indonesia (SI) and Keren! Indonesian Course Book (KICB). This study used AntConc
analysis tool to determine the number of frequencies of each classification of word. The results of this study
indicate the high percentage of nouns, verbs, and adjectives, i.e. 63.16% for SI textbook and 67.06% for
KICB textbook. However, the specific percentage of verbs is 19.06%, and adjective is 3% in textbook SI; the
percentage of verbs is 13.46%, and that of adjectives is 6.95% in textbook KICB. This generated unbalanced
acquisition of new vocabulary mastered by foreign students. Hopefully, the author of the book can give
nearly equal percentages of the nouns, verbs, and adjectives in order for vocabulary mastery of foreign
students evenly for all types of words so that they can be well used in spoken and written languages. |
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| ISSN: | 2409-1294 2520-0968 |