Ayusa Muhasonah
141101010588
Nowadays, under the influence of Task Based Learning (TBL) concept,
most of global materials involve learners in the process of learning by introducing
several types of tasks and activities which claimed to promote learners’ interaction
and communication. This research used descriptive qualitative research, in content
analysis design and used checklist table as the instrument. The purpose of the
study was to analyze and classify the type of tasks in Modul Bahasa Inggris
created by Bogor English teacher organization used for seventh grades in Junior
High School. Based on Willis (2000) taxonomy of task types, it found that the
module cover task types such as Sharing Personal Experience (40.32%) tasks
were the most frequent and Listing (14.52%), Problem Solving (14.52%),
Ordering and Sorting (11.29%), Comparing (11.29%), and Creative tasks
(8.06%), respectively, were the least common tasks types presented in Modul
Bahasa Inggris created by Bogor English teacher organization. This module is
good because almost of the types by Willis (2000) taxonomy of task types was
covered by this module. The results of this study hope that the English teachers to
be more aware of different task types which are important to learning process. For
developers in order to develop and enrich the presented English Learning teaching
materials with more communicative tasks.
Keywords : Content analysis, English Module, Willis Task Taxonomy.