An Analysis of Instructional English Reading Materials Used by the Teacher at Grade X SMKN I Pangkalan Koto Baru 50 Kota Regency.

Instructional English reading materials are the important things in the learning reading process in order to reach the learning goals. Since it is very important thing, instructional English reading materials need to be analyzed. This research is aimed to find out whether the instructional English reading materials used by the teacher fulfill the criteria of good instructional English reading materials or not. The criteria are; authenticity, realism, context, and focus on the learners’ needs. This research is classified into descriptive qualitative. Questionnaire, observation, and interview are used as instruments. Source of the data are the instructional English reading materials used by teacher, the students of grade X which consist of 50 students, and one English teacher. The data are collected by distributing questionnaire, doing observation, and interview. The result of this research showed that instructional English reading materials used by the teacher do not fulfill yet all the criteria of good instructional English reading materials. It does not fulfill the aspect of authenticity, realism, context, and focus on the learners’ needs. From the result of this research, it can be concluded that instructional English reading materials used by the teacher at grade X SMKN I Pangkalan Koto Baru 50 Kota regency cannot be classified into good instructional English reading materials.