Cultural information in the English textbook ÔÇ£When English Rings the BellÔÇØ for the seventh graders of SMP/MTs / Nuningtyas Kusumawati
| Main Author: | Kusumawati, Nuningtyas |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
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, 2018
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http://repository.um.ac.id/10562/ |
Daftar Isi:
- iABSTRACTKusumawatiNuningtyas.2015.CulturalInformationinTheEnglishTextbookWhenEnglishRingstheBellforTheSeventhGradersofSMP/MTs.ThesisEnglishDepartmentFacultyofLettersStateUniversityofMalang.AdvisorDr.EnnyIrawatiM.Pd.Keywordsculturalinformationenglishtextbookculturecurriculum.EnglishisoneofinternationallanguageswhichisveryimportantforeducationinIndonesiabecausemanyreferencesorsourcesarewritteninEnglishforexamplejournalsandtextbooks.Englishtextbooksbecomethelearningsourveforlearnerswhichincludesculturalinformationwhichreflectswiththebackgroundoftheauthor.Thisresearchisadescriptivecontentanalysistoanswer1)toknowwhetherEnglishtextbookWhenEnglishRingstheBellfortheseventhgradersofSMP/MTscoverculturalinformationand2)howculturalinformationiscoveredonEnglishtextbookWhenEnglishRingstheBellfortheseventhgradersofSMP/MTswhichusequestionsrubricaboutthecontentofthetextbookwhichwasrelatedtoculturalinformation.TheinstrumentisadaptedfromKilickayasarticlewhichwasentitledGuidelinestoEvaluateCulturalContentinTextbooks.Thedataiscollectedthroughdocumentanalysis.ThisresearchshowsthatEnglishtextbookWhenEnglishRingstheBellfortheseventhgradersofSMP/MTscoversnativeculturemorethanforeignculturewhichareshownfromthepicturesandthedialoguesinthetextbooksbecausethelearnersarestillonlearningprocessofearlylevelsoitisexpectedthatthelearnersknownativeculturecloserbeforelearningforeignculture.Thematerialswhichareexplainedontextbookscoverthingsaroundthelearnerssothelearnersfeelfamiliarwiththetopicsgiven.Thetopicswhicharegivendonotcontainbadorgoodcommentbecauseitcouldmakebias.Itisfoundthat1)EnglishtextbookWhenEnglishRingstheBellfortheseventhgradersofSMP/MTscoverstheculturalinformationand2)thewaystheEnglishtextbookWhenEnglishRingstheBellpresentstheculturalinformationfortheseventhgradersofSMP/MTscoversarebythecontentofthetextbookfromtheactivitiesonthebookforexamplethepictureswhichareshownandtheexercisessuchascrosswordandprojects.Itissuggestedthattheteacherisexpectedtobeawareofculturalinformationinthetextbook.Theteacherisalsoexpectedtodiscoverandcomplementtheforeignculturalinformationforthelearners.Thedeveloperoftheiitextbookisexpectedtobediscreetonincludingthematerialswhicharerelatedtoforeignculture.Futureresearchersareexpectedtoconductotherstudiesonculturalinformationmoredeeplyintopicswhicharerelatedtothisstudybecausethereareplentyoftextbookswhicharenotresearchedyet.