Teachers’ and students’ perception on using local-contents in English textbooks in EFL context

English textbook that contains local content can be considered more interesting and easier to understand and use by students and teachers. Therefore, this study aims to analyze teachers and students’ perception on using local-content English textbook for senior high school. This study employed mixed...

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Main Authors: Alexon Alexon, Safnil Safnil, Syafryadin Syafryadin
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta 2024-01-01
Series:Cakrawala Pendidikan: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan
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Online Access:http://journal.uny.ac.id/index.php/cp/article/view/51828
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description English textbook that contains local content can be considered more interesting and easier to understand and use by students and teachers. Therefore, this study aims to analyze teachers and students’ perception on using local-content English textbook for senior high school. This study employed mixed-method research by involving 37 seven certified English teachers who had 10 years or above experiences in teaching English in senior high schools in Bengkulu and 100 students. The instruments of this study were questionnaire and interview guideline. The quantitative data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, while the qualitative data were analyzed by using eduction, displaying and conclusion. The result showed that teachers had positive perception on using Bengkulu local content English textbooks.  It can be proved by looking at the majority of English teachers answered strongly agree and agree in the questionnaire. Another result indicated that students gave positive responses on local textbook which covers Bengkulu culture. It can be seen that most of students were happy to see the pictures or other things related to Bengkulu local culture in English textbook. In short, English textbook with local content is essential to be used for students and teachers because it would encourage students to learn English.
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spelling doaj-art-a3552cddd75d4f1fb0e3da9f55b4fe502024-12-13T02:20:37ZengUniversitas Negeri YogyakartaCakrawala Pendidikan: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan0216-13702442-86202024-01-0143110211410.21831/cp.v43i1.5182819397Teachers’ and students’ perception on using local-contents in English textbooks in EFL contextAlexon Alexon0Safnil Safnil1Syafryadin Syafryadin2FKIP, Universitas BengkuluUniversity of BengkuluUniversity of BengkuluEnglish textbook that contains local content can be considered more interesting and easier to understand and use by students and teachers. Therefore, this study aims to analyze teachers and students’ perception on using local-content English textbook for senior high school. This study employed mixed-method research by involving 37 seven certified English teachers who had 10 years or above experiences in teaching English in senior high schools in Bengkulu and 100 students. The instruments of this study were questionnaire and interview guideline. The quantitative data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, while the qualitative data were analyzed by using eduction, displaying and conclusion. The result showed that teachers had positive perception on using Bengkulu local content English textbooks.  It can be proved by looking at the majority of English teachers answered strongly agree and agree in the questionnaire. Another result indicated that students gave positive responses on local textbook which covers Bengkulu culture. It can be seen that most of students were happy to see the pictures or other things related to Bengkulu local culture in English textbook. In short, English textbook with local content is essential to be used for students and teachers because it would encourage students to learn English.http://journal.uny.ac.id/index.php/cp/article/view/51828local-contentenglish textbooksteachers’ perceptionstudent perceptionefl context
spellingShingle Alexon Alexon
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Syafryadin Syafryadin
Teachers’ and students’ perception on using local-contents in English textbooks in EFL context
Cakrawala Pendidikan: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan
local-content
english textbooks
teachers’ perception
student perception
efl context
title Teachers’ and students’ perception on using local-contents in English textbooks in EFL context
title_full Teachers’ and students’ perception on using local-contents in English textbooks in EFL context
title_fullStr Teachers’ and students’ perception on using local-contents in English textbooks in EFL context
title_full_unstemmed Teachers’ and students’ perception on using local-contents in English textbooks in EFL context
title_short Teachers’ and students’ perception on using local-contents in English textbooks in EFL context
title_sort teachers and students perception on using local contents in english textbooks in efl context
topic local-content
english textbooks
teachers’ perception
student perception
efl context
url http://journal.uny.ac.id/index.php/cp/article/view/51828
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