A corpus-based analysis of conversational features in Bahasa Inggris textbooks for junior high schools in Indonesia

Yaman, Nurinsani (2023) A corpus-based analysis of conversational features in Bahasa Inggris textbooks for junior high schools in Indonesia. S1 thesis, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan.

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Abstract

To support successful language teaching and learning, the teaching materials should represent actual language use. However, some studies have discovered significant mismatches between the language presented in textbooks and the real use of English. This study aims to find out the conversational features (i.e., inserts) and investigate the most frequent features in English textbooks for junior high schools in Indonesia.
The data of this study are conversations containing inserts in the textbooks. The data were collected from three Bahasa Inggris textbooks for junior high schools compiled as a corpus of textbook conversations with 10.275 tokens. The inserts were identified from the corpus with the assistance of a corpus tool, LancsBox, using KWIC feature. The data were analyzed based on Biber’s classification of inserts. However, this study limits the scope in the four most common inserts in conversation, such as interjections, discourse markers, response forms, and hesitators.
The results show that conversation texts in Bahasa Inggris textbooks for junior high school lack of interjections, less variation of discourse markers, and hesitators are absent. Given the significance of inserts to make the conversation more natural and realistic, these findings are troublesome. Pedagogically, these findings should be taken into account by Indonesian textbook writers and teachers to help the students to use the language more naturally in their conversations.

Item Type:	Thesis (S1)
Keyword:	Conversational features, corpus, textbooks
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
Divisi / Prodi:	Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan) > S1-English Education (S1-Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris)
Depositing User:	userperpus2 userperpus2
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2024 03:22
Last Modified:	16 Oct 2024 03:22
URI:	http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/76394

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