Gender representation in the english textbook: a content analysis of bright for seventh grade students published by Erlangga
| Main Author: | Ummu Salamah |
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| Format: | Bachelors |
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Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan
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- The objective of this study is to see whether gender is represented equally in the English textbook for the seventh grade students. The object of the study was the English Textbook entitled Bright: An English Course for Seventh Grade Junior High School Students by Nur Zaida, and it was published by Erlangga in 2014. The study focused on the six aspects of analysis suggested by Logsdon, they were number of female/male pictures, number of female/male mentioned, number of female/male roles, number of female/male games, number of female/male role models, and pattern of mentioning female/male names. The results show that males dominate in four aspects including pictures, female/male roles, female/male games, and female/male role models. While, females were more visible in two aspects, number of female/male mentioned and pattern of mentioning female/male names. Therefore, gender is represented unequally in Bright: An English Course for Seventh Grade Junior High School Students.