Exploring Moral Education Content In A Commercially Published Efl Textbook For 7 Th Grade Students

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to identify the representation of moral education content in the EFL textbook. The method of the research considered with investigating the moral education through visual data. The data source is an EFL textbook from Yudhistira publisher for 7th-grade students. This study along with semiotic analysis from Kress and Leewuen (2015). The results of study divided into three sub-findings. First sub is three aspects of moral education have the highest total of coding from the textbook: Environment, Lack of Prejudice, and Appropriate Values and Attitude. Second sub is one moral was rare to be found and third sub is one moral did not appear in the textbook: Cultural Appreciation and Peace and Human Right. From the description above, the textbook lacks representation of moral education.