Cultural content analysis of an english textbook entitled "when english rings a bell" for eighth grade students of junior high school
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Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya
Author
Gideon Kriswidyantara (STUDENT ID : deon.kris140497@gmail.com)
Bartholomeus Budiyono (LECTURER ID : 0706046001)
Bartholomeus Budiyono (LECTURER ID : 0706046001)
Subject
English Education
Datestamp
2020-02-06 01:52:24
Abstract :
Textbooks has become one of many materials which constantly used in teaching and learning activities. It helps to assist both students and teachers to developing clear concepts of subject matter. Because of it, textbook is an almost universal element in teaching and learning activities. Meanwhile, the main reason that motivates the writer to analyze this textbook (cultural content) is to make students have a clear understanding about their own culture and other cultures. The writer intends to analyze in order to know what and how each cultures are represents within this textbook. This study was aimed at analyzing the cultural content of an English textbook for eighth grade students of junior high school. This study used descriptive qualitative method in analyzing this textbook (cultural content). An English textbook namely When English Rings a Bell was chosen as the subject of the study. Content analysis was employed by using checklist formats. Theories of culture by Martin Cortazzi and Lixian Jin (1995) about cultural types and from Adaskou, Britten, and Fahsi (1990) about cultural senses were used to develop the checklists. The analyzed textbook has revealed some findings. First, in terms of cultural types, this textbook entitled When English Rings a Bell mostly represents Source culture (26%) rather than Target culture (16%) and International culture (2%). Then, in terms of cultural senses, this textbook entitled When English Rings a Bell dominantly represents Pragmatic sense compared to other three cultural senses: Aesthetic sense, Semantic sense, and Sociological sense. Here the writer concluded that there was an unbalanced amount of cultural types and cultural senses. As a result, the writer suggests that English textbook authors should present the cultural types and cultural senses in an equal amount.
Textbooks has become one of many materials which constantly used in teaching and learning activities. It helps to assist both students and teachers to developing clear concepts of subject matter. Because of it, textbook is an almost universal element in teaching and learning activities. Meanwhile, the main reason that motivates the writer to analyze this textbook (cultural content) is to make students have a clear understanding about their own culture and other cultures. The writer intends to analyze in order to know what and how each cultures are represents within this textbook. This study was aimed at analyzing the cultural content of an English textbook for eighth grade students of junior high school. This study used descriptive qualitative method in analyzing this textbook (cultural content). An English textbook namely When English Rings a Bell was chosen as the subject of the study. Content analysis was employed by using checklist formats. Theories of culture by Martin Cortazzi and Lixian Jin (1995) about cultural types and from Adaskou, Britten, and Fahsi (1990) about cultural senses were used to develop the checklists. The analyzed textbook has revealed some findings. First, in terms of cultural types, this textbook entitled When English Rings a Bell mostly represents Source culture (26%) rather than Target culture (16%) and International culture (2%). Then, in terms of cultural senses, this textbook entitled When English Rings a Bell dominantly represents Pragmatic sense compared to other three cultural senses: Aesthetic sense, Semantic sense, and Sociological sense. Here the writer concluded that there was an unbalanced amount of cultural types and cultural senses. As a result, the writer suggests that English textbook authors should present the cultural types and cultural senses in an equal amount.
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