The Structure and Content of the Response Text in the Indonesian Language Textbook for Class VII Junior High School

Abstract

Response text is one of the texts that must be mastered by junior high school students. To understand the response text, it is necessary to study the structure and content of the response text first. For this reason, the research objective is to describe the structure and content of response texts to Itam and U books in Indonesian textbooks for Class VII Middle Schools. The research method uses the qualitative content analysis method of the Mayring model. Data collection techniques used documentation techniques sourced from Indonesian language textbooks for Class VII Middle Schools published by the Center for Curriculum and Books. The main instrument is the researcher assisted by data tabulation and coding. Data were analyzed using the Mayring content analysis model. The results of the study show that the structure of the response text to Itam and U books in Indonesian language textbooks for Class VI Middle Schools are context, description, and assessment. Context as the part that contains the introduction of the book to be responded to. The description contains a more detailed explanation of the contents of the book, from story ideas, plot, to the characters. While the assessment contains the reader's personal assessment of the book, including its shortcomings, strengths, and suggestions for the book.