The Portrayal Of Leadership Model By Male And Female Character In Indonesian Efl Textbook

Abstract

This present study examines the portrayal of leadership models between male and female characters in Indonesian EFL textbook. The leadership model style used the four layered system from Campbell et al. (2019) microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem. The data were collected from an EFL commercial textbook entitled “Pathway to English For SMA/MA Grade XI”. This study focused solely on visual data. To read visual data, this study used the concept of reading images by Kress and Leeuwen (2006). This concept facilitated the researcher to describe the interaction and composition of the leadership model. From the data analysis, it was found that the male characters were represented as the leader more than the female characters in the domain of macrosystem. Moreover, the male characters were represented to have more chances in the large scope of leadership model. It was that they were represented to have more followers, audiences, and power in public. As for the female characters, they were represented as the leader in the small scope area such as in small classroom image, with the colleagues, and one or two close friends. However, this study found that the male and female characters represented as an equal character in the domain of microsystem. For this reason, despite the representation of female characters that was not significantly underrepresented than male characters, the issue about power is what matters. Female characters were not represented in a powerful scope of leadership model in comparison to the male characters. Thus, notion that females should lead in narrower scope than males highly existed in the textbook.