The COVID-19 pandemic has signiicantly changed almost all
aspects of life, including education in general and teaching
English in particular. Classes have disruptively been made to
move from school rooms to virtual spaces within apps such as
Zoom and Google Meet. The disruptive shift in the learning space
has brought with it the demand to adapt what we teach and
how to teach it. In addition to face the challenges caused by the
pandemic, English education and teaching has also been faced
with the challenge of equipping students with the knowledge
and ability to access, use and interpret texts that use different
modes to convey messages. This ability, multimodal literacy,
is the literacy that is believed to be of the important features of
this century. Multimodal literacy is the literacy our students need
to be exposed to and master to participate and contribute to their
surroundings.
Responding to this challenge, the Ministry of Education, Culture,
Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, designed
and implemented the Kurikulum Merdeka. Part of implementing
the curriculum is the provision of learning resources in the
form of textbooks that support the achievement of curriculum
goals through teaching materials and learning activities that are
not only interesting and fun but also equip students with the
knowledge and abilities needed today.
This English textbook has been designed to help you learn the
English you need at present. The materials have been designed to
facilitate you to be able to learn, use and produce multimodal texts
in both written and spoken form. The preparation and selection
of the materials have been based on the learning objective set in
accordance with the Curriculum.
We hope you will ind this book functional and helpful for you
to be able to appropriately use English to achieve your communicative goals