This study describes a content analysis of the use vocabulary in the
textbook entitled “Grow with English” for grade 5. A content analysis in the
textbook is to know what the techniques used in the book to introduce vocabulary
and the appropriate vocabulary for young learners. The students in that school
have a good grades in vocabulary and the teacher used the textbook to teach them,
furthermore that the researcher choose to analyze the textbook.
The subject in this research is a textbook “Grow with English” for grade 5 and the
goal of this research is the techniques used in the book to introduce vocabulary for
young learners and the vocabulary does appropriate to English material for EYL.
In collecting data, the researcher used documentary techniques. Then, all the data
has been collected were analyzed based on a descriptive qualitative approach.
Based on the result of the research it can be concluded that the techniques from
the book are related to Suyanto theory. The techniques are; Listen and Do, Listen
and Repeat, In-pair of Group Discussion, Question and Answer, Modeling and
Demonstration, Concept Mapping, Brainstorming, In Outdoor Activity,
Substitution, Draw and Color, Listen and Identify, See and Differences,
Cooperative Learning, and Questioning and Inquiry. The vocabularies in the
textbook are appropriate for grade 5 in their age level, because the vocabulary
based on the criteria of vocabulary for EYL. The criteria of Vocabulary for EYL
are; Language Acquisition of Concrete and Abstract Words, Level Vocabulary for
EYL, Familiar Vocabulary for EYL, and Appropriate Vocabulary for EYL.