Aug 2026· Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature· Vol 26, pp. 83-96· 0 citations· 27 references
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The study attempts to show the gender representation in eight-grade EFL textbook entitled “English for Nusantara” published by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. Referring to Porreca’s framework (1984) concerning gender representation in textbook, this study elaborates the omission, firstness, occupational role, masculine generic construction, adjective usage, and gender activities in Indonesian EFL textbook. This research utilizes qualitative approach through the secondary data as the main data were obtained from English textbook by considering the occurrence of male and female characters in the textbook. The results showed that male characters dominate in illustrations and text compared to female. Besides, male characters are attributed with adjectives and gender activities which emphasize competence, strength, dominance, and leadership whereas females are attributed with nurturing, emotions, and physical attractiveness.
This study investigates how Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) are represented in English for Nusantara Grade Seven, an Indonesian government-issued English textbook developed under the Merdeka Curriculum. While previous textbook studies have predominantly focused on binary gender representation,...
Yuli Astuti Hasanah, Him'mawan Adi Nugroho, Ahmad Munir· Multidisciplinary Science Jo...· 0 citations
Scholars have urged further research into specific discourses and ideologies embedded in ELT textbooks, which are
adapted or produced in different regions. Using multimodal critical discourse analysis, this paper analyzes the EFL textbooks
produced in China, where English learning has become a widespread craze inte...
Li-Li Zhang, David Machin· Journal of Language and Poli...· 4 citations
English, being a foreign language in the context of Nepal, has ever remained a challenge due to limited authentic exposure, especially in speaking. Adopting the phenomenological research design, this study uncovers Nepalese EFL learners’ lived experiences on anxiety in speaking English and the strategies they adopt to...
Sushila Bhattarai, Resham Acharya· Studies in ELT and Applied L...· 0 citations
This study explores English-speaking anxiety among Hindi-medium female students in secondary and senior secondary schools in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, an area which is relatively under-researched when it comes to English language teaching research in India. Using a mixed-method approach, quantitative data were gathered us...
Shivangi Kapoor· International Journal of Inn...· 0 citations
Textbooks not only function as a medium to transmit knowledge but also play their role as a transmitter of ideologies, values, beliefs, and cultures. However, scrutinizing the gender construction in ELT textbooks, notably in the Indonesian EFL setting, remains limited. This study aimed to investigate how gender was rep...
Agis Andriani, Fuad Abdullah, Restika Arisandi et al.· Journal on English as a Fore...· 0 citations
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