Textbook in Japan
Textbook is a leading material for the teacher in order to give clear instruction. Textbook can be from government or private company but still based on the curriculum. The purpose of English Text book is to develop student's communication abilities in English such as comprehending and conveying information or ideas correctly, deepening their understanding of language ad culture, encouraging positive attitude toward foreign language communication. This article explain about the analysis of Japan Textbook for EFL class viewed from cultural understanding aspects. The researcher found some weakness in the textbook, one of them is the text book mostly elucidate about America and Japan. Actually English is not only American English, the emphasis should be in England. Japan is also famous of its tourism, and the visitor mostly come from China, Korea and Taiwan. Therefore in the textbook should also explain about China,Korea and Taiwan culture. It would be beneficial for the student in the to learn those culture because there is great chance of possibility for them to meet visitor from those country in the future.
Implication :
It is good advice for Indonesia's textbook for EFL class. Indonesia's text book should not just covering about our own country and target language country culture, but also covering the trading partner of Indonesia such as Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. It would be great if the students meet visitor from those country and they understand about their culture. The communication among the countries will run smoothly.
Ookawa, K. (2016). Analyzing Cultural Issues in High School English Textbooks in Japan. International Journal of English Language Education, 4(2), 1-16.
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