Abstract:In the Indonesian context, little has been done to raise awareness of political correctness in gender matters in school textbooks. As an attempt to fill this gap, I conducted a textual analysis on four English language textbooks used in Indonesian primary schools. The focus of the study was on the pictorial texts accompanying the linguistic ones. The ‗Visual Grammar', developed by Kress and van Leeuwen, was used as the framework of analysis. The results showed that the illustrations accompanying linguistic texts fortified the representations of gender asymmetry. Females were depicted more dependent than males and were also construed to be admirers of an action carried out by the males. The study recommended conscious efforts to value both genders equally in visualization as meaning construction is multimodal. Keywords: gender construction, visual grammar, pictorial texts, EFL textbooks KONSTRUKSI GENDER DALAM CITRA VISUAL PADA BUKU TEKS UNTUK SISWA SEKOLAH DASARAbstrak:Di Indonesia, upaya penyadaran pentingnya isu penyetaraan gender dalam buku ajar sekolah masih belum banyak dilakukan. Untuk itu, penelitian ini dilakukan sebagai salah satu cara penyadaran isu gender dengan menginvestigasi representasi gender dalam buku ajar. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis teks terhadap empat buku ajar yang digunakan di sekolah dasar. Fokus analisisnya adalah pada gambar ilustrasi yang menyertai teks tertulis seperti bagian bacaan. Gambar tersebut dianalisis dengan menggunakan teori ‗Visual Grammar' yang dikembangkan oleh Kress dan van Leeuween. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa gambar-gambar tersebut merepresentasikan ketidaksetaraan gender. Perempuan digambarkan sebagai sosok yang tergantung pada orang lain dibandingkan laki-laki yang mandiri dan mereka berlaku sebagai pengagum pekerjaan yang dilakukan laki-laki. Berdasarkan hasil temuannya, penelitian ini merekomendasikan upaya yang lebih serius dalam menampilkan peran gender yang seimbang dan tidak hanya ditampilkan dalam teks tulis namun juga dalam gambar karena pada dasarnya makna dikonstruksi secara multimodal.Katakunci:konstruksi gender, visual grammar, teks gambar.In the Western context, the consciousness of political correctness in gender matters in school textbooks and teaching materials has been progressively endorsed since
It is widely acknowledged that the use of stories supports the development of literacy in the context of learning English as a first language. However, it seems that there are a few studies investigating this issue in the context of teaching and learning English as a foreign language. This action-oriented case study aims to enhance students' written narrative achievement through a pedagogical intervention that incorporates oral story sharing activities. In this paper, the intervention will be briefly described and the preliminary findings from the students' written texts will be presented. This study which was conducted in a lower secondary school in Bandung Barat region, Indonesia implemented the intervention within eight learning periods. The intervention comprised the following stages: (1) preparing before reading (stories), (2) detailed reading, (3) joint rewriting, and (4) individual rewriting. Before and after the intervention, students' narrative texts were collected and analysed in terms of how each text achieved its purpose, how it moved through stages and phases of meaning, the control of field, relationship with the reader and its coherence. The preliminary findings indicate that there is a shift in students' ability from writing fragmented and spoken-like language to more literate written narratives. It is expected that this study which implemented R2L pedagogy in the Indonesian context will contribute to English language teaching in EFL contexts.
This paper reports on an investigation into the reading path patterns in a children’s picture book. The primary investigation focused on the semiotic resources involved in the construction of meanings in picture books i.e. language and image elements. These semiotic resources provide insights into the unfolding of the storylines in the observed picture book. In order to detail the roles of these resources, a picture book entitled Tacky the Penguin (Lester, 1988) was selected and examined by employing two methods: Kress and Van Leeuwen’s (1996, 2006) structure of information value and Royce’s (1998) Intersemiotic Complementarity. The results of the analysis suggest that the whole picture book is built from a page-by-page reading path that allows for a linear and non-linear reading path. While each page presents a different layout of information value, the general pattern leads to a linear reading path from the beginning up to the end of the picture book. The mapping of the reading path is reinforced by the interrelated meanings between verbal and visual resources on the page. Drawing on the analysis results, this paper offers the delve into the flow of information from the language and image resources in the picture books that can be used to inform practical use of picture books in EFL classrooms.
The aim of the study was to explore the use of Flipgrid's features as students' learning support to improve their speaking skills. Utilizing a case study, the present research involved nineteen students of the Department of English Education in a public university in Bandung, West Java. The data were obtained from students' speaking video and interviews. The students speaking videos were analysed using one of the existing speaking rubrics available with several modifications. The result indicated that using Flipgrid might improve the students' speaking skills in several aspects, such as fluency, pronunciation, and gestures.
ABSTRAKPenelitian ini mengambil sampel bacaan berita Kuldesak Lantaran Jerebu di majalah tempo 21-27 September 2015 pada buku ajar tematik kelas V Sd / MI. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis morfologi dari segi afiksasi, reduplikasi, dan komposisi (pemajemukan). Dalam menerima data pada penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan dua tahapan prosedural. Pertama-tama mengambil data dari sumber di buku tematik dengan cara disimak dan direkam. Tahap selanjutnya adalah menganalisis dengan kecermatan dan juga melaporkan hasil analisis proses-proses morfologi yang ada pada berita teks tersebut. Teknik Simak dan catat adalah dua teknik yang dirasa efektif oleh penulis untuk mengupas bacaan berita yang digunakan objek dalam penelitian ini termasuk proses pembuatan kata-katanya.Kata kunci: Morfologi, majalah, afikssi, reduplikasi, komposisi. ABSTRAKPenelitian ini mengambil sampel pembacaan berita Kuldesak Lantaran Jerebu di majalah tempo 21-27 September 2015 di buku teks tematik kelas V Sd / MI. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis morfologi dalam hal afiksasi, reduplikasi, dan komposisi (peracikan). Dalam memperoleh data dalam penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan dua tahap prosedural. Pertama-tama ambil data dari sumber-sumber dalam buku tematik dengan mendengarkan dan merekam. Langkah selanjutnya adalah menganalisis dengan hati-hati dan mencatat hasil dari proses morfologis dalam teks berita. Teknik mendengarkan dan mencatat adalah dua teknik yang dianggap efektif oleh penulis untuk mengupas bacaan berita yang digunakan sebagai objek dalam penelitian ini, termasuk proses pembentukan kata. Kata kunci: Morfologi, majalah, afiks, reduplikasi, komposisi
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