<![CDATA[As the concept of Moderasi Beragama, or religious moderation, was introduced in education as an effort to promote a balanced, tolerant, and respectful attitude between religious communities, this study aims to analyze its representation in English textbooks for high school students in Indonesia, which are compiled based on the 2013 Curriculum and the Merdeka Curriculum. Using corpus analysis approach, this study identifies the frequency and collocations that reflect eight indicators of religious moderation as determined by the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Corpus data were obtained by collecting texts from all textbooks published by Kemendikbud in both curricula. The results showed the lexical frequency analysis indicates the presence of moderation-related vocabulary in both curricula but it constitutes less than 1% of the total word count. The Merdeka Curriculum demonstrates a notable shift from explicitly religious terminology toward more universal, civic-oriented language. the contrastive analysis of collocation of related words to religious moderation in English textbooks of Indonesia's 2013 and Merdeka curricula reveals a significant pedagogical shift from passive, abstract value presentation to active, contextualized implementation.]]>
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