Indonesian Women as Reflected in an English Textbook Used in Indonesia

Many studies had been conducted to analyze cultural aspects reflected in textbooks used in teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL), but only a few of them had utilized the Cultural Linguistics approach despite its rigorous mechanism of analysis. This study aims to fill in this gap by analyzing the representation of Indonesian women in an English textbook used in Indonesia. The analysis was conducted in three steps: analyzing the textbook, conducting an ethnographic survey about Indonesian women in Indonesia, and comparing the cultural schemas generated from the textbook and the ethnographic survey. The results show three cultural schemas about Indonesian women: Indonesian Women As Educated / Literate People, Indonesian Women As People With Public Role, And Indonesian Women As People With Domestic Role