Email this article 
PRIMARY TEACHERS AND CULTURAL – BASED ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS; VOICES, ISSUES, AND DEMANDS
(1) STKIP Muhammadiyah Bangka Belitung
(2) STKIP Muhammadiyah Bangka Belitung
(*) Corresponding Author
Abstract
Teachers and textbooks are two significant successful factors of achieving better standard of education. However, teaching English can be rerified if the teachers only depend on the existing materials without noticing the needs of the students. This study attempted to seek for issues as well solutions in overcoming teachers’ difficulties in primary school of SD N 13 Koba, Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Province. Two teachers were involved in the study to be interviewed and as the sources of the data. The results of the interview reveal that indeed teachers at this primary school faced issues in teaching English such as their limited knowledge of English, insufficient English teaching times and unprepared more qualified teachers. As for the solution, providing them with lively cultural – based English textbook is one of the ways. As the rule makers, goverments could provide more fees to the teachers and add research funds so that researchers are motivated to conduct better and larger scale of areas and participants.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Rashid, R. S. A. A., & Ibrahim, E. H. E. (2018). English language textbooks and portrayal of culture: A content analysis. MATEC Web of Conferences, 150, 05076. doi: 10.1051/matecconf/201815005076
Alwasilah, C. (2001). ‘The emerging Indonesian English (Indoenglish): A pedagogical exploration’. In Wibowo, D (ed.): 18-22.
Cao, Y., Postareff, L., Lindblom-Ylanne, S., & Toom, A. (2019). Teacher educators’ approaches to teaching and connections with their perceptions of the closeness of their research and teaching. Teaching and Teacher Education, 85, 125-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2019.06.013
Cheng, H. & Dornyei. (2007). The use of motivational strategies in language instruction: the case of EFL teaching in Taiwan. Innovation in language learning and teaching, 1(1), 153-174.
Dardjowidjojo, S. (2000). English teaching in Indonesia. English Australia Journal, 18(1), 21-30.
Enever, J. (2014). Primary English teacher education in Europe. ELT Journal, 68(3), 231–242. doi:10.1093/elt/cct079
Fenyvesi, K. (2018). English learning motivation of young learners in Danish primary schools. Language Teaching Research, 136216881880483. doi:10.1177/1362168818804835
Forman, R. (2014). How local teachers respond to the culture and language of a global English as a Foreign Language textbook. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 27(1), 72-88, DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2013.868473
Gürsoy, E., Korkmaz, Ş. Ç., & Damar, E. A. (2013). Foreign language teaching within 4+4+4 education system in Turkey: Language teachers’ voice. Eurasion Journal of Educational Research, 53, 59-74.
Hettiarachchi, S. (2013). English language teacher motivation in Sri Lankan public schools. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 4(1), 1-11. doi:10.4304/jltr.4.1.1-11
Huang, P. (2019). Textbook interaction: A study of the language and cultural contextualisation of English learning textbooks. Learning, Culture and Social
Interaction, 21, 87-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2019.02.006
Jin, L., Liang, X., Jiang, C., Zhang, J., Yuan, Y., & Xie, Q. (2014). Studying the motivations of Chinese young EFL learners through metaphor analysis. ELT Journal, 68, 286-298.
Kirpatrick, A. (2007). Teaching English across cultures. What do English language teachers need to know to know how to teach English. EA Journal, 23(2), 20-36. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/143879198.pdf
Kusuma, I. P. I. (2016). Developing reading material for elementary students in tourism area by inserting local culture. Jeels (Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies), 3(1). doi:10.30762/jeels.v3i1.176
Marian, A.-P., & Jesus, G.-L. (2015). Why do primary school english teachers decide to teach english? Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 197, 589- 594. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.198
Setyono, B., & Widodo, H. P. (2019). The representation of multicultural values in the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture-Endorsed EFL textbook: a critical discourse analysis. Intercultural Education, 30(4), 383–397. doi:10.1080/14675986.2019.1548102
Shin, J., Eslami, Z. E., & Chen, W.-C. (2011). Presentation of local and international culture in current international English-language teaching textbooks. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 24(3), 253–268
Shu, X.Y. (2017). Learning how to teach english in elementary school: The role of reflective teaching in training elementary school teachers. Open Access Library Journal, 4, e3496. https://doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1103496
Kaltsum, H. U. (2019). Local content in English textbook of elementary school in Surakarta (Content Analysis). KnE Social Sciences, 3(10), 496. doi:10.18502/kss.v3i10.3938
Uztosun, M. S. (2016). Pre-service and in-service English teachers’ efficacy beliefs about teaching English at primary schools. İlköğretim Online, 15(4). doi:10.17051/io.2016.80068
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/ijiet.v4i1.2318
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
Copyright (c) 2020 Agci Hikmawati, Rindu Handayani
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Indexed and abstracted in:
IJIET Sinta 2 Certificate (S2 = Level 2)
We would like to inform you that IJIET (International Journal of Indonesian Education and Teaching):has been nationally accredited Sinta 2 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia based on the decree No. Surat Keputusan 158/E/KPT/2021. Validity for 5 years: Vol 5 No 2, 2021 until Vol 10 No 1, 2026.
This work is licensed under CC BY-SA.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
IJIET DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/ijiet
p-ISSN: 2548-8422 (since 5 January 2017); e-ISSN: 2548-8430 (since 5 January 2017)
IJIET (International Journal of Indonesian Education and Teaching) is published twice a year, namely in January and July, by the Institute for Research and Community Services of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.