This
study aimed to investigate (1) The distribution of cognitive domains of
the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy in the reading tasks of the English textbook "English
for Nusantara" for 9th grade? and (2) How many
percentage of HOTS and LOTS in the reading tasks of the English
textbook "English for Nusantara" for 9th grade?. This study applies a qualitative method using a Content Analysis that
focuses on Textbooks. This study targets an analysis of the 9th grade English
book "English for Nusantara" published by the Indonesian Ministry of
Education, Culture, Research and Technology and written by Lestari Damayanti,
et al. The data used
in this study is qualitative. The researcher used
the persistent observation. Persistent observation is one of the
activities increasing the probability that credible findings will be produced,
it provides depth understanding. Researcher used qualitative data analysis
by collecting data, data condensation, data display as well as drawing and verifying conclusion. In
this study, the research analyzed only chapter 2 and 3 which summarized all the
kind of reading question types. In toal there were 113 reading question
analyzed and categorized to the several domains of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy. The findings show that only four
cognitive domains are represented in the reading questions: remember (55.75%),
understand (37.17%), apply (5.31%) and create domains (1.77%).
This distribution suggests that the textbook does not cover all of the six cogntive domains. This results also showed that the
reading questions facilitated HOTS questions especially in creating domain
which asesst the students’ critical and creative thinking skills. Based on this findings of the research, the EFL teacher
should create
a strategy to meet
the students' need for high-order thinking skills. The teachers should create their own HOTS question to
cover the analyze and evaluate domain that did not appear in this textbook and also teachers
should combine this textbook with the others reading textbook to complete the
HOTS level questions. Based on this research, hopefully students gained the new
insight about the textbook content analysis especially using Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy. Students also
aimed to understand the important of High-Order
Thinking Skills to increase their abilities. Other
researchers can also examine
the "English for Nusantara" textbook for grade 9 from different aspects
of english skills, helping
to complete
the content analysis that has already been done.