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CRITICAL BOOK REVIEW

SEMINAR ON ELT

Arranged by:

1. Liza Febrianti Gunawan


2. Mutiara Putri Salda
3. Rizka Aulia
4. Nurul Hilda

Class : English Education 2019 D

Lecturer : Dr. Siti Aisyah Ginting, M. Pd

Education and Literature Department


English Education Study Program
Languages and Arts Faculty
Universitas Negeri Medan
2021
IDENTITY OF JOURNAL

Title of Journal : The representation of multicultural values in the Indonesian M


inistry of Education and Culture-Endorsed EFL textbook: a critical discourse analysis

Journal : Intercultural Education

Volume : Vol.30 No.4

Page : 15

Publication Year : 2019

Author : Budi Setyono & Handoyo Puji Widodo

ISSN : 1469-8439

SUMMARY

This article aims to investigates multicultural values represented in the EFL te


xtbook geared for senior high school students and to analyse how these values help st
udents become aware of multicultural diversity. The object of this research is EFL tex
tbook by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. The methodology used in
this research is a qualitative method. This study adopted critical discourse analysis (C
DA) to examine multicultural values depicted in the nationally adopted English textbo
ok in Indonesia.
The findings of this research is that there are four values from the textbook co
uld be identified, those are respect for pluralism, respect for the rights of indigenous p
eople, finding peace with nature and with all forms of life, and appreciation of cultural
products. The study shows how multicultural values are depicted in the ELT textbook
published by the government in a country where English is positioned as a foreign lan
guage. The textbook analysed articulates a multicultural ideology by appreciating and
respecting various traditions of different ethnic groups in Indonesia.
STRENGTH

This article has explained about value education in Indonesia, multicultural


values in EFL materials, previous studies on cultures in EFL textbooks, and how the
study is important to do. The explanation is very detail and easy to understand hence
enrich our knowledge about how multicultural values is essential in EFL textbooks.
The finding of multicultural in the textbook explained detailly with addition in the
form of tables and pictures which can make the article more interesting and make the
reader easier to understand the explanation. Overall, this article is good for the reader
who wants to enrich their knowledge about multicultural values in the EFL textbook
because this article uses the simple way to explain the discussion.

WEAKNESS
As the study only focus on the EFL textbooks, the readers only know about
the materials used in the EFL textbooks. Readers didn’t have knowledge about the
reality of the condition of how High School students learn the multicultural values in
learning English. The study only do research of one EFL textbook, where not every
students in Indonesia use the same textbook. It is better to do the research with some
other textbook to compare the multicultural values content in EFL textbooks in
Indonesia.

CONCLUSION
The article about the representation of multicultural values in the Indonesian
Ministry of Education and Culture-Endorsed EFL textbook is overall good to read as
reference to know about multicultural values content in EFL textbook in Indonesia.
The findings of the article are explained detailly and easy to understand. However, it
is better to do the research with more EFL textbook to compare the multicultural
values content in EFL textbooks to get a better description and explanation.

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