Multimodal Perspective in BIPA Textbook

Element of Textbook and Teacher’s Responses

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10.2991/978-2-38476-038-1_35How to use a DOI?

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BIPA; Multimodal; Visual Grammar Theory; Perception

Abstract

The presence of illustrations in second language textbooks has long been known to provide many benefits for improving students’ understanding. A theory to examine text and visuals contained in textbooks is Multimodal Discourse Analysis (MDA). However, MDA research in Indonesian for Foreign Speakers textbooks (better known as BIPA) is very limited. This study aims to analyze the visual aspects and the accompanying text as well as the perceptions of BIPA teachers. The multimodal framework, a combination of Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), and Kress & Van Leeuwen’s Visual Grammar Theory (VGT) were used to identify multimodal elements appearing in textbooks and to analyze whether the images presented help BIPA learners in understanding the text. The data source comes from the Sahabatku Indonesia textbook published by the Language and Book Development Agency, Indonesia in 2019 and the perception of BIPA teachers obtained from the results of questionnaires distributed via Google Form. Based on the research results, ideational functions as well as text and visual elements contained in the images presented in textbooks provided pedagogical benefits, especially in the aspect of students’ understanding of Indonesian language and culture. In addition, BIPA teachers suggested improvements for the textbook to improve image quality: non-verbal language, background, and image quality. These improvements are to support multimodal pedagogy and the idea of multiliteracy in the world of second language learning.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Roekhan
AU  - Kusubakti Andajani
AU  - Ahsani Maulidina
AU  - Bambang Prastio
AU  - Sainee Tamphu
AU  - Dedy Setyawan
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/14
TI  - Multimodal Perspective in BIPA Textbook
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar on Language, Education, and Culture (ISoLEC 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 311
EP  - 323
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-038-1_35
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-038-1_35
ID  - 2023
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