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MORAL VALUES IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK: “WHEN ENGLISH RINGS A BELL” Sherina Kusramadhani; Rahmadi Nirwanto; Hesty Widiastuty
PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education) Vol 5, No 2 (2022): VOLUME 5 NUMBER 2, MARCH 2022
Publisher : IKIP Siliwangi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22460/project.v5i2.p344-353

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This research was aimed to know about moral values in the textbook. Textbooks were analyzed by using critical discourse analysis (CDA) data was obtained through analyzing the whole texts. This study attempts to examined the moral values which appeared in the English textbook "When English Rings a Bell" for seventh of Junior high school or equivalent based on the curriculum and presidential decree to teach character education to students, which included 18 moral values and to describe the moral values represented in the practice of conversational texts. It was designed as content analysis in the form of descriptive qualitative research. The result of this study were (1) The most apparently of moral values found in the English textbook were social awareness, curiosity, and responsibility, and (2) Moral values in English textbook was found in the conversation text through implicitly in the form of a moral message conveyed by the writer. it can be concluded that the authors of this textbook focus more on social values such as social awareness, curiosity, responsibility in the form of teaching moral values as character education for students at an early age. Then, the textbook was contained the moral values based on the presidential decree about character education. The textbook was quite good, but it can be improved. Keywords:  Moral Value, English Textbook, Critical Discourse Analysis
The Urgency of English Teaching in Private Primary School: Stakeholders’ Perceptions Nida Husna; Genta Genta; Rifdatul Habibah; Farida Hamid; Didin Nuruddin Hidayat; Hesty Widiastuty
Jurnal Basicedu Vol 6, No 4 (2022): August Pages 5501-7663
Publisher : Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31004/basicedu.v6i4.3094

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This research is aimed to find out the stakeholders’ perception regarding the urgency of English teaching in primary school, although English is not included as mandatory in the national curriculum of primary education level.  A qualitative approach was applied to the design of this descriptive study. The data were collected through questionnaires and semi-constructed interviews. The sample of this research consists of 12 teachers and 12 parents from 4 primary schools with different demographic areas. The findings were drawn out from depth analysis of data and a review of relevant pieces of literature on the research. It showed that the stakeholders have the same perception that English should be taught since primary school because it was their golden age to learn many things. It was also in agreement that English subject was needed to be taught in primary school since there are numerous advantages to learning English at early age.