ABSTRAK
The purpose of this research is to investigate to what extent the “English
Zone” an English textbook meets the criteria of a good textbook suggested by Alan
Cunningsworth.
This research used evaluative method, which referred to content analysis or
documentary analysis. It was conducted from August 2013 to October 2015. The
population of this research is all chapters of the textbook for tenth grade of Senior
High School, that is “English Zone”, written by Eka Mulya Astuti, published by
Penerbit Erlangga. In collecting the data, the writer used a documentary analysis as
the technique. He took all units in the textbook analyzed as the sample of the
research.
The findings of the study show that “English Zone” is very good. Its
percentage is 77.7%. the textbook fulfilled some criteria of a good textbook suggested
by Alan Cunningsworth as it has 70 out of 90 score.
 
The result of this study implies that the teacher can use the textbook
although it has not fulfilled all the demands of criteria of good textbook suggested by
Alan Cunningsworth. The writer of the textbook should revise and add more
language content, methodology, and teacher’s book proportionally to make the
quality of the whole textbook better.