Students’ engagement becomes essential factors in learning process because students have to participate in learningprocess. Not only the students but also the teachers have to make a good atmosphere during classroom activities. They have to createlesson, assignment and also project that interested to the students. Students’ cognitive engagement involves the students to thinkduring academic task, they have to have motivated to improve their ability in learning and also they have to participate and active inthe classroom. This paper is literary study.

Abstrak Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisa eksistensi dari nilai pendidikan karakter pada buku teks yang digunakan pada mata kuliah Reading di STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dimana data pada penelitian ini dikumpulkan dengan wawancara. Subjek pada penelitian ini adalah dosen yang telah dan mengajar pada mata kuliah Reading dan mahasiswa yang telah mengikuti mata kuliah tersebut. Objek dari penelitian ini adalah buku teks yang digunakan pada mata kuliah Reading di STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat. Berdasarkan hasil interview diketahui bahwa buku teks yang digunakan tersebut belum mengandung nilai pendidikan karakter yang harus dipelajari dan dibutuhkan oleh mahasiswa. Buku teks tersebut hanya mengandung sembilan nilai pendidikan karakter dari 18 nilai yang terdapat pada Permendikbud tersebut. Nilai karakter yang terdapat dalam buku teks Reading adalah religius, jujur, kreatif, mandiri, kerja keras, rasa ingin tahu, gemar membaca, peduli sosial dan tanggung jawab. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa buku reading yang telah digunakan di jurusan bahasa Inggris di Sumatera Barat belum sepenuhnya mengandung nilai pendidikan karakter. Kata kunci: Pendidikan karakter, buku teks reading, analisa kebutuhan   Abstract The aim of this research is to analyze the existence of character education which is included in the textbook used in Reading subject at STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat. This research is qualitative research which the data were collected through interview. Subject of this research is the lecturers who have taught Reading subject and the students who have complied that subject. The object of this research is the textbook used in Reading subject at STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat. Based on interview results, it is known that the textbook used in Reading subject does not have character education contents which is needed and learnt by the college students. The textbook used only have nine out of eighteen characters mentioned in Permendikbud No49Tahun2014. They are, religius, honest, creative, independent, hardwork, curiosity, fond of reading, social care and responsible.  It can be concluded that the reading textbook used at English Department of STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat has not indicated the use of characters educational values yet. Keywords: character education, reading textbook, need analysis

This research aims to develop a textbook for the Basic Reading subject by using multimodality and oriented to character education. This research is research and development, which refers to the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Develop, Implementation, and Evaluation). Subjects of this research are students and lecturers who have taken part in the Basic Reading subject at English Education Department STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat. Data collection techniques used are document analysis, questionnaire, interview, and expert judgments. The results of need analysis show that the textbook used in Basic Reading subject has not oriented to character education and used multimodality yet. The development of Basic Reading has been validated by education experts and practitioners (lecturers). Based on the validation of experts and practitioners, this textbook is included in the very well category and confirmed as the feasibility to use. The trial results in implementing the book show that the N-Gain calculation shows 0.43, which is categorized as moderate, which means the book improves students’ cognitive learning outcomes in the reading subject and also instills core ethical values in daily living. Thus, this textbook is feasible to be used in the learning process at Basic Reading Subject.