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1.2 Research Questions
The study is aimed at investigating the following questions: 1.
How are female and male discursively represented in the textbook? 2.
What are the factors that potentially affect the representation of female and male characters in the textbook?
1.3 Aims of the study
The present study is aimed at investigating: 1.
How male and female are represented discursively in the textbook, 2.
The factors that potentially affect the representations of male and female in the textbook.
1.4 Scope of the study
The study was limited to investigate the distribution of gender representation and speculate potential factor that influence the representation in the textbook. The
gender representation is drawn based on the framework of Van Leeuwen’s 2008
sociosemantic inventory a nd Halliday’s 1994 model of transitivity in presenting
social actors in the texts. The texts in this sense are limited to the dialogues and narative texts. The dialogues and the naratives are choosen because they contain
social action and female and male participants. An interview was conducted to confirm the speculation on the finding of the analysis.
1.5 Methodology of the study
The present study is a descriptive study because the aims are to find out the depictions of female and male participants and the factor of the representational
choices. Descriptive qualitative design was utilized to gathering the data. The data were taken from the sentences of the dialogues and the narratives.
The dialogues consist of six mixed gender conversations and one female pair conversation. The sentences in the dialogues and the naratives were separated per
clause and clause complex for further analysis.
Wina Anggraeni Lestari, 2014 GENDER REPRESENTATION IN STUDENTS’ CONVERSATIONS IN A TEXTBOOK FOR UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS Univeristas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu
To answer the first question, The clauses of the dialogues and the narratives were analyzed using the transitivity and sociosemantic inventory
framework. The result were presented in table for each analysis. To answer question number two, speculation on factor that potentially influence the
representation were drawn from the analysis result semi formal interview to the author of the textbook was conducted. The interview protocol was prepared to
keep it on track but the protocol was made open ended so that the answers were not directed. The interview is intended to confirm the factors that speculate from
the finding.
1.6 Clarification of the terms
