Peer Review: An Analysis of Conversations in Curriculum-based EFL Textbooks for Senior High School in Indonesia and the Comparison with Corpus-based English Textbooks

Oktavianti, Ikmi Nur and Prayogi, Icuk and Amal B., Muhammad Akbar and Pertiwi, Ripani Satia (2020) Peer Review: An Analysis of Conversations in Curriculum-based EFL Textbooks for Senior High School in Indonesia and the Comparison with Corpus-based English Textbooks. Horizon Research Publishing (HRPUB).

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Abstract

To achieve the purpose of successful
language teaching, the materials should represent the actual
use of English to equip learners with communicative skills.
In fact, some research has shown that there are mismatches
between conversations in textbooks and authentic
conversations. Regarding the foreign status of English in
Indonesia, it is compelling to further study the
conversations in the textbooks enabling for the
improvement of the materials. This study examines the
characteristics and features of conversations in
curriculum-based EFL textbooks for senior high school in
Indonesia, namely Bahasa Inggris X, Bahasa Inggris XI,
and Bahasa Inggris XII. To profoundly elaborate on this
topic, this study identifies conversation features in the
textbooks and compares them with characteristics of
conversations in three corpus-based English textbooks,
Touchstone 1, Touchstone 2, and Touchstone 3. The results
show that there are some discrepancies between textbooks
in Indonesia with the conversational features and with
conversations in corpus-based textbooks. Indonesian EFL
textbooks predominantly lack hesitation devices and the
use of discourse markers is less varied. In terms of topics,
Indonesian EFL textbooks are alike corpus-based
textbooks; both focus on everyday topics. The other topics,

however, remain problematic since Indonesian EFL
textbooks insignificantly talk about school life and mostly
talk about social topics and self-topics. Corpus-based
textbooks, on the contrary, avoid social topics. These
mismatches are inevitably questionable, as conversations
in textbooks should exemplify the real conversational
features. Pedagogically speaking, textbook writers should
consider the naturalness of the conversations to support the
EFL teaching practice in Indonesia.
Keywords Conversation, EFL Textbook, Corpus, Naturalness

Item Type:	Other
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisi / Prodi:	Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan) > S1-English Education (S1-Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris)
Depositing User:	Dr. Ikmi Nur Oktavianti
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2021 01:34
Last Modified:	27 Jul 2021 01:34
URI:	http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/27012

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