ERIC Number: EJ1392741
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1411-3031
EISSN: EISSN-2442-9651
Multicultural Values Represented in English Textbooks for Indonesian Learners: A Social Semiotic Analysis
Azizah, Aulia Rahmatika Nur; Andriyanti, Erna
Dinamika Ilmu, v23 n1 p53-73 2023
The social semiotic analysis in this study aims to: (1) reveal what multicultural values are found in ELT textbooks for ninth-grade learners; (2) explain how the texts and the images in the analyzed textbooks present multicultural values; and (3) uncover how social semiotics dimensions can decode multicultural values. This study finds that among four multicultural values discovered in the textbooks, responsibility to the world community has the most frequent appearance while respect for human dignity and universal human rights has the least frequent appearance. Those values are presented denotatively and connotatively through texts, images, and texts-images. Based on the findings, textbook authors are recommended to include more content and add learning activities that facilitate discussions and reflections on multiculturalism. In addition, this research suggests that English teachers who use these textbooks add learning activities that enable students to discuss multicultural values since, in this study, multicultural values are mainly presented connotatively.
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Textbooks, Foreign Countries, Semiotics, Grade 9, Content Analysis, Textbook Evaluation, Values, Junior High School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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