An analysis of cultural contents in English Textbook for senior high school

Harahap, Oppie Angriani (2023) An analysis of cultural contents in English Textbook for senior high school. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research talked about the cultural contents of an English textbook. This study aims to investigate what cultures are represented and how cultures are represented in the textbooks. This research is aimed to find the cultural content of EFL textbook Buku Bahasa Inggris 2016 for X grade of senior high school published by The Ministry of Culture and Education from the types of culture and sense of culture. The formulation of this research is what types of cultures are represented in the English textbook “Buku Bahasa Inggris Kelas X SMA” with the purpose of this research is to know what types of cultural contents are represented in the English textbook. To reveal what types of culture are represented in the textbook, the cultural contents are categorized into the source culture, the target culture or the international culture Dealing with the textbook analysis, this research design was a content analysis study. The instrument used to collect the data was checklist. The data was analyzed using concept from Miles and Huberman which cover constructing the checklist, analyzing the textbook, coding, data tabulation, analyzing the result, reporting and drawing conclusion. Based on the three types of cultures. The finding showed that, Buku Bahasa Inggris for grade X SMA contained more cultural aspects. The findings also found that there was an unbalance among culture items, which meant that Source and Target Culture were dominantly presented than International Culture.

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