ELT in Focus
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2023): ELT in Focus

Critical discourse analysis on local cultural content in English textbooks

Fitri Handayani (Universitas Mahaputra Muhammad Yamin)
Mike Amelia (Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Jul 2023

Abstract

Local cultural representations can be found in textbooks as visual and textual artifacts. Local culture is shown in the book in an unique way as a cultural exhibition. The goal of this research is to investigate at how local culture is depicted in textbooks. The focus of the study is exploring the local content of cultural of an EFL textbook using critical discourse analysis as a methodological technique. The information was obtained from the “Headline English 2” English Textbook for the VIII grade (2018). The findings show that the cultural component of Indonesia was deliberately chosen to be included in this textbook in order increasing both teachers’ and students’ understanding of the language and culture interdependent relationship.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ELTINFOCUS

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELT in Focus is an academic journal published by English education program, Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang undergraduate school in Karawang regent,West Java, Indonesia. It is a biannual journal published in January and July. It is a freely accessible, full text, peer-reviewed journal allowing ...