An Analysis of HOTS, Readability and Questions Reading Materials of Junior High School English Textbooks in Indonesia
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This study aims to examine the reading materials and the compatibility of HOTS, readability, and question reading materials in the EFL textbook in the Merdeka Curriculum “English for Nusantara” for junior high school grades VII and VIII. This research applied a qualitative method and a documentation technique. The result demonstrates that: 1) “English for Nusantara” for grade VII has HOTS questions categorized analyze domain (C4) of 4 questions (44.4%), evaluate domain (C5) of 5 questions (55.6%), the readability at grade V students and the dominant reading question of literal comprehension questions; 2) “English for Nusantara” for grade VIII has HOTS questions categorized analyze domain (C4) of 2 questions (11.8%), evaluate domain (C5) of 14 questions (82.3%), create domain (C6) of 1 question (5.9%), has a gradual difficulty readability and the dominant reading question is involving reinterpretation questions.
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