Abstract:
The purpose of the study was evaluating the writing tasks in grade 11 English textbook.
To achieve the objectives of this study, mixed research design has been used. Population
is the total number of students in the target grade level. For this study, the researcher
selected three English teachers’ through availability sampling and fifty students by simple
random sampling techniques. In order to convert adequate data, three instruments were
used. They are textbook analysis, questionnaire, and interview. Among the three data
gathering tools, textbook analysis was primary sources for this study. They evaluated
based on Nunan’s (1989) adapted checklist for writing tasks. The data collected from the
three instruments analyzed by quantitative and qualitative way. The findings revealed on
inappropriateness of the objectives, lack of motivational tasks for students and teachers in
the writing sections, insufficient integration of reading texts and listening lecture with
writing tasks and etc. Curriculum designer take in to account that considering high,
medium, and low achiever of learners before the writing tasks designed.
