Jurnal Perempuan & Anak
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2019): Agustus

Gender Representation in the English Textbook “When English Rings A Bell”

Hesti Miranda (Unknown)



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Publish Date
30 Aug 2019

Abstract

Therevisedbook“WhenEnglishRingsABell” (2014)isastandardized textbookof2013CurriculumfromtheMinistryofEducationandCulture which isrecommendedforteacherstouseinmostofjuniorhighschools inIndonesia. Given thatEnglishiscompulsory subjectin theschoolbegininjuniorhighschoolgrade seven,teachersshouldbeawareof thecontentof theEnglishtextbook.This studyfocusedonthegenderrepresentationintheEnglishtextbook:“When EnglishRingsA Bell”written by Siti Wachidahusedinjuniorhigh school.The purposeofthisstudyisto analyzegenderrepresentationintheEnglishTextbook.Following Stockdale’ssuggestion,therewere threeaspectsthattheresearcheranalyzed, namely thenumbersoffemaleandmale,illustration,andnounandpronoun. In accordance to that, this research wasmixmethod; quantitative andqualitative. The aspects beingresearchedwereanalysedquantitatively,whilethematerial interpretationwasanalyzedqualitatively.Theaspectswillbepresentedinnumber.The resultshowedthatfemalerepresentationdominatedintwo aspectsincludingthe numbersoffemale/male,andnounandpronoun.While,malewereonlyrepresented inillustration. Therefore,theresearcher concludedthatthereisunequal gender representation inthe“When English Rings A Bell”.

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JPA

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Humanities Environmental Science Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences Other

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Focus and Scope Jurnal Perempuan dan Anak (JPA) merupakan media komunikasi dan informasi terkait dengan perempuan dan anak. JPA diterbitkan oleh Lembaga Pengkajian, Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Anak (LP3A) Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, sejak Januari 2013. JPA dikembangkan dengan maksud untuk ...