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A PORTRAIT OF RELIGIOUS VALUES IN AN ELT TEXTBOOK FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Falin, Erina Ismalia; Suharjito, Bambang; Fitriani, Ika
ELLTER Journal Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): ELLTER JOURNAL
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka (UHAMKA Press)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22236/ellter.v6i1.16576

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In a society with diverse religious backgrounds, Indonesian students need to understand the steps to investigate various problems in every aspect of life-related to differences in language, culture and religion. Therefore, English text books as a medium for teaching students not only contain differences between one individual and another but also broadly cover several dimensions of relationships between several parties. Through documentary studies, this research focused on the religious content of the ELT textbook published by the Ministry of Education and Culture. In addition, Critical Discourse Analysis was used to investigate the religious values ​​depicted in the ELT textbook aimed at junior high school students. Three dimensions of the relationship between religious values have ​​appeared in the textbook, namely: (1) the individual relationship with God; (2) individual relationships with other people; and (3) the individual relationship with the universe (environment). These three dimensions are represented by inserting visual-verbal and textual artifacts or products containing religious values ​​in the ELT textbook. This indicates that English plays an important role in shaping students' character. Thus, English teachers are expected to be able to integrate these religious values ​​to increase the positive impact on students' academic quality.
POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN THE “ENGLISH FOR NUSANTARA”: A CONTENT ANALYSIS Zelika, Ribka; Suharjito, Bambang; Fitriani, Ika
ELLTER Journal Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): ELLTER JOURNAL
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka (UHAMKA Press)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22236/ellter.v6i1.17204

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One of the essential components of communication is using politeness strategies to maintain interpersonal relationships and make them effective and efficient. Thus, inserting elements of politeness into the dialogue within textbooks can facilitate students' understanding of the application of polite language so that they can use it later as a reference to practice in everyday communication. Therefore, this study aims to figure out politeness strategies in the dialogues of the "English for Nusantara" textbook for the seventh grade of junior high school. By employing a content analysis, the researchers found out that there are three out of four politeness strategies proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987). There are 8 data on bald on record, 65 data on positive politeness, and 6 data for negative politeness. Meanwhile, off-record was not found in the dialogues of the textbook. The researchers figured out that almost all dialogue is displayed as a comic so that students or readers can understand the context and appropriate expressions when communicating in English. Further, the dialogues are among people with close relationships, such as between peers, family, or teacher-students, which did not present various communication. Therefore, the researchers suggest that future book authors of English textbooks can add dialogues between strangers so that the dialogues do not seem monotonous and the exploration of English communication can be broader. The authors can also continue combining the politeness dialogues with socio-cultural elements appropriate to Indonesian culture.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHARACTER EDUCATION VALUES IN THE ELT TEXTBOOK FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Prastika Sukma, Azura Dwi; Suharjito, Bambang; Fitriani, Ika
ELLTER Journal Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): ELLTER JOURNAL
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka (UHAMKA Press)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22236/ellter.v6i1.18029

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Character education (CE) is essential in developing students' personalities. In character development, English Language Teaching (ELT) textbooks have a vital role in supporting character education. However, ELT textbooks published in Indonesia and abroad underrepresent the characters that fulfill the curriculum goals of CE. Based on previous research that had been conducted in Indonesia, English textbooks in the 2013 curriculum were not representative of Indonesian culture and showed character gaps in the textbooks. Therefore, this research investigated CE in the English textbook based on the emancipated curriculum. This study analyzed the ELT textbook for the seventh-grade junior high school in the current curriculum called “English for Nusantara” by utilizing the Pancasila Student Profile to analyze CE. Content analysis by Ary et al. (2010) was selected as an analysis method for analyzing CE through visual materials. The results show that there are character gaps presented in ELT textbooks. The characters of having Faith fear of the Almighty God and noble character are more dominant in the textbook. This provides an opportunity for future researchers to examine CE by investigating diverse research objects so that CE can be conveyed relevantly.
THE REPRESENTATION OF PEACE VALUES IN THE ELT TEXTBOOK FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Nisa, Jasmine Choirun; Suharjito, Bambang; Fitriani, Ika
ELLTER Journal Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): ELLTER JOURNAL
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka (UHAMKA Press)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22236/ellter.v6i1.18222

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In today’s era, acts of violence often transpire among senior high school students. An effective way to prevent this issue is by integrating peace values into the educational field and strengthening the role of textbooks as a medium to present universal values. In other words, the use of textbooks has the potential to promote peace values through textbook artifacts. Due to this, the current study aimed to investigate the representation of peace values in the ELT textbook entitled ‘Bahasa Inggris English for Change’, which serves as the learning medium for eleventh-grade senior high school students. This study is a descriptive qualitative design using critical discourse analysis and conducted in the Indonesian EFL context. A document analysis process was used to collect the data, which was analyzed using the Multimodality framework of Kress & Leeuwen. The findings show that two pictures and four photographs with the verbal texts represented peace with nature, and two pictures with the verbal texts represented inner peace. In line with this, the findings are beneficial for increasing understanding about the way to foster inner peace and peace with nature for the present and future generations.