A STUDY ON CULTURAL INTEGRATION IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ENTITLED BAHASA INGGRIS WHEN ENGLISH RINGS THE BELL SMP/MTS KELAS VII /2013

Abstract

The objective of the study was to find both Indonesian and western values which were inserted at English textbook. This research was descriptive qualitative research. This research was about integration of both Indonesian and western values, as being the data. The data sources were English textbook, journal, and several books. They were collected by reading and taking note then analysis by critical discourse method. The result of this research found Indonesian and western values are in English textbook. The writer found that the textbook is consisted 679 Indonesian values or 51.25%, 489 western values or 36.90%, 157 Indonesian and western values or 11.85%. Those proportions indicated that English textbook received western culture without deleting Indonesian values as called acculturation and renewed Indonesian culture with western values but still characterizing the Indonesian values as called assimilation as the characteristics of integration process. Therefore, cultural integration is within the English textbook entitled Bahasa Inggris When English Rings the Bell SMP/MTS Kelas VII/2013 can be found. As the result, the research is expected to be useful for students, English teachers, and other writers for assisting them to be aware of cultural values within textboo