THE EVALUATION OF THE PRESENT FRENCH TEXTBOOK USED IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN SEMARANG AND ITS SURROUNDINGS

School Based Curriculum (SBC) as one of the decentralization in education authorizes teachers to develop their own teaching materials. The fact shows that the teacher is still minimal in writing, including writing textbooks. To facilitate French teachers in writing a French textbook, a guideline is needed. In Exploration Phase of Research and Development, one of the objectives is to find out the quality of French textbook used today. Knowing its strengths and weaknesses is useful because the information can be used as data for developing a guideline for writing a better French textbook. To collect the data, the methods used were (1) Document Analysis, (2) In-depth interviews, (3) Questionnaires, and (4) Focus Group Discussion. To analyze the data, the Constant Comparative Method was utilized. For the trustworthiness of the data, Triangulation, Member-checking were applied. By using the French textbook evaluation instrument set by BSNP and equipped with Cunningsworth criteria, the six volumes of Bonjour Chers Amis were evaluated. There are four components to be evaluated: Feasibility of Contents, Feasibility of Presentation, Feasibility of Language, and Practical considerations. The findings reveal that the criteria of French textbook evaluation o