The Representation of Nationalism Values in the Indonesian Elt Textbook for Senior High School Students

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the representation of nationalism values in the government published ELT textbook for Senior High School students. Nationalism is very much needed in the nation life because it is an expression of love and respect to Indonesian country. Indonesian youth are facing the crisis of complex problems such as the crash with western cultural values, religious fanaticism, selfishness, and corruption such as bribery, emblezzement, nepotism and so on (Sihombing, 2014). A textbook is an instructional material which consists of content and material of the subject that is well organized in written form and has a great contribution in the teaching and learning process (Yulianti, 2011). The most important aspect role of textbook use is for teachers is to try let students engage students with the content learning material they are going to learn to be dealing with (Harmer, 2007). Therefore, textbook is one of the tools to increase the character education for students, especially nationalism values.