This research is a descriptive research that is aimed to describe the task types and to see the frequent task types that appeared in the textbooks entitled “Bahasa  Inggris: When English Rings a Bell” and Bright an English Course for junior high school.  The data was gained by using a data format. The data format is a table to classify the types the task types found in the textbooks. The data format is adapted from Nunan’s typology of task (1999). The result of this research revealed that most of the task types proposed by Nunan (1999) were covered by these two textbooks. However, some of the tasks had the highest frequency in each textbooks, while some had the least. In addition, there were some subcategories that were ignored in each textbooks

This research is an evaluative research conducted to find out the quality of TheEnglish Textbook for 10th Grade Students entitled “Bahasa Inggris” by the IndonesianMinistry of Education and Culture in terms of instruction used. The instrument ofthis research was an evaluation format used by the researcher as the guidelines toevaluate the textbook. The evaluation format contained instruction categoriesthat consists of three indicators as the criteria of good instructions. After theevaluation, it was found that the quality of the textbook is not qualified as the good textbook because only one criterion that fulfills the good quality of instructions used; instruction that permit silent period were 93.3%. However, the other criteria could not be categorized into good instruction since they were only found 50% instructions of building critical thinking, and instructions that are followed by example were 45.7%. It means that only instructions that permit silent period that fulfills the criteria of good textbook, while for building critical thinking and followed by example areonly average.

The research was aimed at analyzing the English department students errors in using prepositions. The subject of this research was the the freshmen of English Department majoring on literature in academic year 2019. Out of 103 students, 31% of them were choosen to be a sample by using simple random technique. The data had been gathered by using gap-filling test. The results of the data analysis show that from 1240 answers in the test, there were 796 errors made by the students. The errors included 184 (59%) errors prepositions of time, 213 (69%) errors in prepositions of place, 236 (76%) errors prepositions of direction/movement and 163 (52%) errors other kinds of prepositions. In addition, related to the cause of errors, it was the target language that mostly causes the students commit errors (intralingual errors). Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the freshmen of English students commit 64% total of errors in using prepositions and the errors itself mostly are due to the students’ lack ability in grammatical.

This thesis is an analysis of the Play Fairview (2018) by Jackie Siblies Drury. The purpose of this analysis is to expose the issue of instilling negative stereotypes. It is also intended to expose how the contribution of fictional elements (character, setting, plot/conflict, and stage direction) in revealing the issue of instilling negative stereotypes. This analysis is done through text-based and context-based interpretation which are related to the concept of The Fact of Blackness by Frantz Fanon in his book Black Skin, White mask. The result of this analysis shows white has instilled the negative stereotypes toward black by circulating and perpetuating through the media that black is forever inferior.

This study is aimed to expose the issue about the hazard toward nature which is done by human through poetic elements and figurative language; speaker, imagery and symbol in revealing the hazard toward nature. This analysis related to concept of eco-criticism by Kent Rayden, Barry and Ikkiara. The result of this analysis shows that the hazard toward nature is done in two ways; animal abuse and deforestation.