Vocabulary Profile in The Tenth Grade English Textbook Used in SMK N 1 Salatiga

Abstract

Vocabulary is the most important element for the language learning since it is one of the basic components of communication. However, the problem may appear when the material was given is not suitable for the learner’s vocabulary level. The study aimed to identify the vocabulary profile of ‘Bahasa Inggris’ book for Vocational School (SMKN 1 Salatiga) grade X. The study attempted to answer the three objectives. The first objective is finding the vocabulary profile of the English textbook grade 10. The second objective is analyzing the vocabularies that are not appear on the textbook. Then the third objective is producing the token recycling index of the textbook. Descriptive method was used for the study. All chapter of the book was used as the samples and an electronic tool named The Compleat Lexical Tutor was used to identify the vocabulary profile of the ‘Bahasa Inggris’ book. The study resulted in three conclusions. First, the overall findings showed that there were 80.25% of K1, 7.77% of K2, 4.20% of AWL, and 7.78% of Off-List Words. Second, the calculation of vocabulary items that were not appeared in the textbook was 32.05% of K1, 72.11% of K2, and 75.92% of AWL. Last, the two comparisons had two results. Between Chapter 1 and Chapter 5 had the similar 83.28% words. Then, Chapter 6 and Chapter 5 shared the 80.63% came vocabularies.