AN ANALYSIS OF THE VERBS TRANSITIVITY PROCESS IN READING TEXTS OF ENGLISH FOR CHANGE TEXTBOOK FOR THE ELEVENTH GRADE

The transitivity process is a useful tool in analyzing the way language is use to convey meaning and messages, one of which is found in certain texts so that to understand reading well, It is necessary to understand the transitivity process in sentences, therefore the aim of this research is to describe the transitivity process contained in the reading text in the English For Change textbook for the grade eleventh.
This research used a qualitative descriptive method with content analysis where data collection by using documentation technique. The Technique of Data Analysis were Indentifying, Classifying, Analyzing and Discussing. Data classification and analysis is based on the theory by Halliday et al (2014).
The results of this research show that of the 5 text expositions in the English For Change textbook for the eleventh grade, there are 145 (100%) transitivity processes, with material process types at 44.1 %, mental processes at 17.2 %, relational processes at 29.6 %, verbal process at 4.2 %, Behavioral process at 2.2 %, and Existential process at 2.7 %. The transitivity process is always present in every clause because every clause has to a main verb (finite verb). Thus, studying transitivity is a necessity because transitivity or process types are the main system of meaning that came from how sentences are built and how information is arranged. Transitivity helps interpret the meaning of the text more precisely.