AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER REPRESENTATION IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS FOR TENTH GRADE STUDENTS

VIVI, VIDARI (2022) AN ANALYSIS OF GENDER REPRESENTATION IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS FOR TENTH GRADE STUDENTS. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The research related to how gender was represented in three English textbooks for tenth grade students used in schools. The textbooks were Talk Active by Yudhistira, Bahasa Inggris by Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture, and Pathway to English by Erlangga. This research aimed to find out the gender balance and imbalance represented in textbooks using Logsdon's theory and to assess the most dominant aspect of gender representation in each textbooks. Descriptive qualitative research was used as the design of this research. Meanwhile, the instrument of this research was the researcher itself. Documentation was used to obtain the data. Moreover, there were three processes in analyzing the data by Miles and Huberman: data condensation, data display and drawing and verifying conclusion. The findings of this study indicated that female and male were portrayed unequally. Almost all aspects of gender representation in three selected textbooks were dominated by male. However, it was discovered one aspect which was dominated by female namely female games in Bahasa Inggris textbook. Furthermore, gender bias was still found in these textbooks. It was due to stereotypes toward both genders which assumed that men’s trait were strong, competent, independent, dominant, and active while women’s were the opposite. Besides, the most dominant aspect in the three English textbooks were female or male mentioned. Key words: Gender Representation, Gender Bias, English Textbook.

Item Type: Thesis (Diploma)
Subjects: Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Divisions: Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: LAYANAN PERPUSTAKAAN UINRIL REFERENSI
Date Deposited: 17 May 2022 03:01
Last Modified: 17 May 2022 03:01
URI: http://repository.radenintan.ac.id/id/eprint/19109

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