ABSTRACT

Jubrian. 2021. An Analysis on the Values of Character-Building in the Textbook ‘Bahasa Inggris’ for Tenth Grade Students. Sarjana’s thesis. English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. The first advisor: Dr. Jumariati, M.Pd., and the second advisor: Dr. Hj. Noor Eka Chandra, M.Pd.

Keywords: Character Building, Textbook, Bahasa Inggris, Value

The objective of the study is to determine whether the contents in the textbook “Bahasa Inggris” consist of character-building values determined by the Ministry of Education and Culture. In this study, descriptive qualitative used by the researcher as approach method. The subject of the research is textbook entitled ‘Bahasa Inggris’.

The research results showed that character-building values can be found in the dialogue text of the textbook “Bahasa Inggris.” There are 17 values found in 11 dialogue texts of the textbook with 9 of 18 character-building values appearances, namely honest, hard working, creative, curiosity, spirit of nationalism, patriotism, friendly/communicative, environmental awareness and responsibility. In this research, the researcher noticed that the value that appeared the most was friendly/communicative (5) because the greeting is consistently used at the beginning of the dialogue.

Since the purpose of the character-building education is to strengthen character-building among students, the role of the teacher will be crucial to guide the students in the process, it suggested for the teacher to give a hint or directly explains the points of the character values so that it is easier for students to absorb.