Yulistiana, W. 2021. Gender Representation In A Prescribed EFL Textbook of Junior High School In Indonesia. S1 Thesis English Department of Mulawarman University.Advisor (1) Dr. Bibit Suhatmady. M.Pd (2) Dr. Desy Rusmawaty, MA

Textbooks is materials in the teaching and learning process that are used by teachers and students in schools. EFL English textbooks become a representation of gender equity. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine if both sexes were represented equity in junior high school English textbooks. This study aims to find out the representation of gender in EFL textbooks because of their domestic roles and work. To find out gender representations of their conversations in EFL textbooks. To explain the features presented in the EFL textbook determined from junior high schools. To answer the research question, the content analysis method is applied in this research. Each page of the EFL textbook was analyzed to find six aspects. These aspects consist of the six aspects analyzed in the textbook are pictures of women or men, women or men mentioned, roles, games, models, and names of men or boy. The result of this study indicate that in representing gender roles in the EFL textbook “When English Rings a Bell”, the researcher found the results of the overall analysis of the number of female roles more than male roles, namely for the pictures mentioned of gender names, occupation roles, roles domestic, predominantly female play, the roles models conveyed al lead to female characters as seen in the EFL English textbook “When English Rings A Bell”. After conducting the analysis, it can be concluded that the EFL English Textbook contains different levels of gender bias in the exercises in each chapter. Men are dominant in two categories, namely work, and activities. Meanwhile, women only have a dominant number in the visibility category. Overall, textbook authors have tried to promote gender equity in textbooks. Men are still dominant in textbooks. The textbooks in this study still contain issues of gender bias. So it is hoped that it can be revised so that gender representation in all textbooks will be represented equity.




Keywords: gender bias, textbooks, gender representation