An Analysis Of Language Skills’ Distribution In ‘Pathway To English’ For Grade X Kurikulum Merdeka

This study is motivated by the important role of textbooks in supporting the development of language skills. In the context of Kurikulum Merdeka, language skills cover six skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and presenting. This study aims to analyze the distribution of the language skills in an English textbook and to examine the textbook‘s suitability with the learning principles of Kurikulum Merdeka. This study used descriptive analysis supported by quantitative data. The data were taken from all activities in Units 1-6 of Pathway to English for Grade X Kurikulum Merdeka. The data were categorized by each language skill and recorded in a data checklist; additionally, an instrument adapted by Mukundan et al. was used to assess the suitability of the textbook to Kurikulum Merdeka. The findings showed that writing, reading, and viewing skills appeared more frequently than other language skills, while listening, speaking, and presenting skills appeared less frequently across the units. The study concludes that teachers play an important role in flexibly adapting or adding other activities to ensure students have opportunities to develop all language skills.