Culture in descriptive texts of EFL textbook used at International Standard School Project SMPN 5 Malang / Nova Ariani
| Main Author: | Ariani, Nova |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
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, 2010
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http://repository.um.ac.id/10989/ |
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- ABSTRACTArianiNova.2010.CultureinDescriptiveTextsofEFLTextbookusedatInternationalStandardSchoolProjectSMPN5Malang.ThesisEnglishDepartmentFacultyofLettersStateUniversityofMalang.AdvisorDr.Hj.EmaliaIragiliatiM.PdKeywordsCulturalContentEFLTextbookDescriptiveTextsInternationalStandardSchoolProjectTheinevitablerelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureisnotdisputable.TheneedforculturallearningwasstatedinthecurriculumofInternationalStandardSchoolProject.Theculturelearningfor7gradersinInternationalStandardSchoolProjectSMPN5MalangistolearntargetcultureandsourceculturewhichcanbeattainedthroughEFLtextbook.TargetcultureinthisstudyisthecultureofcountrieswhereEnglishisthefirstlanguagesuchasUnitedKingdomUnitedStatesofAmericaandAustralia.MeanwhilesourcecultureisthestudentsownculturewhichisIndonesian.ThisstudywasaimedatanalyzingthetargetandsourceculturepresentationondescriptivetextsoftheEFLTextbookusedatInternationalStandardSchoolProjectSMPN5Malangbyapplyingthecontentanalysis.TheanalysiswasbasedontheculturalcontentcriteriaofByram(1993a)inHinkel(1999).TargetculturepresentationfoundinthedescriptivetextsDeawereintheformsofa)nameofaschoolwhichisMondialLowerSecondarySchoolb)socialclasspresentationofamiddleclassinEnglish-Speakingcountries.MeanwhileinthetextVanessa-MaeVanakornwereintheformsofa)regionalidentitywhichareLondonEnglandandUnitedKingdomb)socialclasspresentationofupperclassinUnitedKingdom.Sourceculturepresentationwasnotpresentedwithinallthefourdescriptivetexts.TherewerenovocabularyusagefoundrelatedtoIndonesiansculturebasedontheculturalcontentcriteria.Inotherwordstherewasnoexplicitlanguageusagetopresentsourcecultureinthedescriptivetexts.Incarryingouttheanalysistherewerenewfindingsfound.ThefirstwasthatmostculturalinformationfromthetextstitledMyGrandmaandMyBombiwerebland.Thereforethesetwodescriptivetextscouldnotbementionedtopresenteithertargetorsourcecultureinformationbasedontheculturecontentcriteria.ThesecondnewfindingswerethepresentationsofinternationaltargetcultureinthedescriptivetextstitledVanessa-MaeVanakornandDea.TheinternationaltargetcultureisawidevarietyofculturessetinEnglish-speakingcountriesorinothercountrieswhereEnglishisnotafirstorsecondlanguagebutisusedasaninternationallanguage(CortazziJininHinkel1999).TheinternationaltargetculturepresentationsinthedescriptivetextVanessa-MaeVanakornwereintheformsofa)regionalidentitywhichwasSingaporeThailandandChinab)employmentwhichwasaworldfamousviolinistc)musicalinstrumentwhichwasviolind)musicalperformancewhichwasclassicalviolinconcerto.e)moralityshowedincarryingoutadivorceandf)ritesofpassageininterculturalmarriage.InthedescriptivetextiDeatheinternationaltargetculturepresentationwasintheformofmoralitywhichconstruedinthecharacterofniceandhelpfulsmartstudentquality.Somesuggestionsareproposedrelatedtoculturalcontentconsideration.Thefirstsuggestionisforthematerialsdeveloperwhoshoulddevelopmaterialsthatpresentculturalcontentinthereadingmaterialssuchasdescriptivetextstoprovidethestudentstolearnabouteithertargetcultureorsourcecultureinformation.ItcanbedonethroughthementionofthelanguageusagethroughtheculturalcontentcriteriabasedonByram.ThesecondsuggestionisforEnglishteacherswhowouldselectthereadingmaterialsfromtextbookthatcouldhelpthemenrichingtheirculturallearningbydiscussingthewordsorsentencewhichpresenttargetorsourceculturepresentation.Thelastsuggestionisforthefutureresearcherswhowanttoconductstudiesrelatedtotheculturalcontentanalysisontextbook.Futureresearchersaresuggestedtoprobeandinvestigatedeeperthematerialssuchastextbookinrelationtoitsculturalcontenttohelpimprovingthematerialsdevelopment.