English varieties in the Year-7 coursebook taught in Indonesia

Yuni Hardianti; Sudarsono Sudarsono

doi:10.26418/jeltim.v3i1.39096

English varieties in the Year-7 coursebook taught in Indonesia

Yuni Hardianti, Sudarsono Sudarsono

Abstract

The present research was designed to investigate the English varieties encountered in an English coursebook applied throughout Indonesia. It applied a descriptive analysis. The data were sorted out from corpora. The research found out that the coursebook applied in Indonesian schools included different varieties of English. They were American, British, and American and British-like. The varieties here covered vocabulary, spelling, and grammar.

Keywords

English Variety; English Coursebook; Descriptive Analysis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26418/jeltim.v3i1.39096