Gender Representation in the English Textbooks for Junior Secondary School

made iwan indrawan jendra; hamzah puadi ilyas, ph.d; dr. tri wintolo apoko, m.pd;

The objective of this study is to see whether gender is represented equally
in the English textbook for the seventh grade students. The object of the study was the English Textbook entitled The Bridge English Competence 2006, Interactive English 2006, Bahasa Inggris (When English Rings a Bell) 2016 by Goverment and Bahasa Inggris (Think Globally Act Locally) 2018, Scaffolding 2012 by Yudistira English Textbooks. The study focused on the six aspects of analysis suggested by Logsdon, they were number of female/male pictures, number of female/male mentioned, number of female/male roles, number of female/male games, number of female/male role models, and pattern of mentioning female/male names. The results show that males dominate in six aspects including pictures, gender roles, female/male games, gender role models, number of female/male mentioned and pattern of mentioning female/male names. Therefore, gender is represented unequally in The Bridge English Competence 2006, Interactive English 2006, Bahasa Inggris (When English Rings a Bell) 2016 by Goverment and Bahasa Inggris (Think Globally Act Locally) 2018, Scaffolding 2012 by Yudistira English Textbooks.