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Visual analysis of local content in English elementary textbook in Surakarta Indonesia: a focus on cultural local content

English for elementary education policy in Indonesia states that English is categorized as a local content curriculum area. The local content curriculum is an educational program whose content and media (such as visuals) and delivery strategies are linked to the physical environment, social environm...

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Main Authors: Honest, Ummi Kaltsum, Habiby, Wahdan Najib, Razali, Abu Bakar
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Published: UiTM Press 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93553/
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1328621
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spelling my.upm.eprints.935532023-10-20T03:28:57Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93553/ Visual analysis of local content in English elementary textbook in Surakarta Indonesia: a focus on cultural local content Honest, Ummi Kaltsum Habiby, Wahdan Najib Razali, Abu Bakar English for elementary education policy in Indonesia states that English is categorized as a local content curriculum area. The local content curriculum is an educational program whose content and media (such as visuals) and delivery strategies are linked to the physical environment, social environment, and cultural environment and regional needs. Based on this government policy, some problems are raised. The objective of this research was to investigate the local content represented visually in the textbook (for example illustrations of cultural local contents that are represented in clothing, physical settings, and so on) that are stated and written in the fourth grade English textbook in Surakarta, Indonesia. This research is qualitative research using directed visual content analysis approach. The subject of focus in this research is the fourth grade English Textbook in the district of Surakarta Indonesia and the object is the visual local and cultural content illustrated in the textbook. The data analysis technique is based on Krippendorf analysis, to which the researchers unitized, sampled, recorded, reduced, inferred, and narrated the data from the analysis of the textbook. The validity of the data used in this study is the persistence of observation. The result of the study shows that local visual content found in the textbook which is tailored to the local and cultural characteristics of Surakarta is only found in Lesson 5 or only 10% from the overall content of the textbook. This means that 90% of the content of the textbook does not really cater visually to the local elements that are important for the identity and pride of Indonesian people in the city of Surakarta. UiTM Press 2021-10 Article PeerReviewed Honest, Ummi Kaltsum and Habiby, Wahdan Najib and Razali, Abu Bakar (2021) Visual analysis of local content in English elementary textbook in Surakarta Indonesia: a focus on cultural local content. Asian Journal of University Education, 17 (4). 377 - 388. ISSN 1823-7797 https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1328621 10.24191/ajue.v17i4.16203
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description English for elementary education policy in Indonesia states that English is categorized as a local content curriculum area. The local content curriculum is an educational program whose content and media (such as visuals) and delivery strategies are linked to the physical environment, social environment, and cultural environment and regional needs. Based on this government policy, some problems are raised. The objective of this research was to investigate the local content represented visually in the textbook (for example illustrations of cultural local contents that are represented in clothing, physical settings, and so on) that are stated and written in the fourth grade English textbook in Surakarta, Indonesia. This research is qualitative research using directed visual content analysis approach. The subject of focus in this research is the fourth grade English Textbook in the district of Surakarta Indonesia and the object is the visual local and cultural content illustrated in the textbook. The data analysis technique is based on Krippendorf analysis, to which the researchers unitized, sampled, recorded, reduced, inferred, and narrated the data from the analysis of the textbook. The validity of the data used in this study is the persistence of observation. The result of the study shows that local visual content found in the textbook which is tailored to the local and cultural characteristics of Surakarta is only found in Lesson 5 or only 10% from the overall content of the textbook. This means that 90% of the content of the textbook does not really cater visually to the local elements that are important for the identity and pride of Indonesian people in the city of Surakarta.
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Visual analysis of local content in English elementary textbook in Surakarta Indonesia: a focus on cultural local content
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title Visual analysis of local content in English elementary textbook in Surakarta Indonesia: a focus on cultural local content
title_short Visual analysis of local content in English elementary textbook in Surakarta Indonesia: a focus on cultural local content
title_full Visual analysis of local content in English elementary textbook in Surakarta Indonesia: a focus on cultural local content
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93553/
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