The analysis of english textbook english on SKY 2 Esed at the second year of SMP Dharma Karya, Pamulang

This research paper is mainly intended to find out whether the English textbook used for the second year student of Dharma Karya junior high school �English on Sky 2� develops the skills suggested by the school-based curriculum and communicative exercises. In line with the objectives of the research, the writer used a descriptive method. In collecting the data, he used document as data source. The data were analyzed by these steps: (1) Finding out the kinds of skill and communicative exercise available on the textbook, (2) Classifying them, (3) Analyzing them, (4) Counting and adding them, (5) Giving percentage from the total number, (6) Judging whether the data are appropriate with indicators in school-based curriculum or not, and (7) Drawing conclusion and proposing suggestions. The result of the analysis shows that the percentage of the appropriateness of the skills developed in the textbook is 85, 71%. It means that the textbook is compatible with the School-based Curriculum in developing skills. While the percentage gained in developing the communicative exercises is 80%. The result of study implies that the teacher should supply the textbook analyzed with other books which much better in order to achieve the goal of teaching English. The writer of the textbook should revise the textbook and add more text, activities and communicative exercises to increase the quality of the textboo