Hardijanti, Lydia (2021) An Analysis of Cultural Content In English Textbook Among Eighth Graders at MTs N 1 East Lampung. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The research examines the types of cultural content that found in the English textbook entitle English on Sky for the eighth grade SMP/MTs. This textbook was written by Mukarto, Widya Kiswara, Sujatmiko Bambang Santoso, and Josephine Sri Murwani. This textbook is published by Erlangga publisher. The objectives of this research are to find out the cultural content found in English textbook, to analyze the most dominant cultural content found in English textbook, and to describe the students at MTs N 1 East Lampung eighth graders understand about culture.

In this research, the researcher used qualitative methods with analysis techniques to identify the types and the most dominant of cultural content in the English textbook entitle English on Sky for the eighth grade SMP/MTs. This textbook was written by Mukarto, Widya Kiswara, Sujatmiko Bambang Santoso, and Josephine Sri Murwani. the object of this research is cultural content. In data collection, the researcher used documentation techniques, and the steps were reading textbook, identifying cultural content in the textbook as well as checking them based on the theory of Cortazzi and Jin, on the other hand checking them from internet sites such as articles, classifying cultural content, encodes data and interpreting data.

The result showed that there were 72 cultural contents that exist in the English textbook from the chapter one until thirteen. Based on the types of cultural contents including: 46 source cultures, 14 target cultures and 12 international cultures. Then, the most dominant of cultural content is source culture. The result of this research is supported the results of interviews with the students of MTs N 1 East Lampung. It is concluded that, not all the students know the target and international culture.

Keywords: cultural content, English textbook, qualitative research

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