Revealing Gender Bias on ELT Textbook: A Critical Discourse Analysis

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220207.025How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gender biased; stereotype; visual artefacts; verbal expression; ELT Textbook

Abstract

There would be long efforts done by the government to eliminate gender inequality in education. These efforts emphasize on building positive images on female and male representations, particularly on the textbook. However, this paper examined that in the ELT textbooks are still inculcated with the representation of gender biased. The gender inequality can be portrayed in several ways, including (1) gender stereotyping, (2) quantitative imbalance, and (3) male firstness. This form of gender inequality emerged in the form of visual artifacts. The visual artifacts refer to pictures which illustrate the theme discussed (e.g. a cooking mother, business man). The existence of gender biased and stereotypical representation in the textbook shows the facts that gender inequality really happens. It is suggested then that the government help the textbook developer to promote gender equality through the use of textbooks.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fitri Wijayanti
AU  - Alfi Hidayatu Miqawati
AU  - Ihwan Huda Al Mujib
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/17
TI  - Revealing Gender Bias on ELT Textbook: A Critical Discourse Analysis
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Science, Humanity and Public Health (ICOSHIP 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 158
EP  - 161
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220207.025
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220207.025
ID  - Wijayanti2022
ER  -