An Ecolinguistics Perspective in Junior High School English Textbooks.

Abstract

Ecolinguistics is the study of the relationship between language and the environment. It investigates how language shapes our perceptions of the natural world, as well as how our use of language influences our attitudes and behaviors toward the environment. Understanding ecolinguistics is essential for learning. Students should be introduced to ecolinguistics because it will increase their love and preservation of the environment, particularly in their living environment. The material provided in textbooks is one aspect of introducing students to the environment. The purpose of this study is to determine whether ecolinguistic aspects are included in junior high school English textbooks. The researcher examined English books for junior high schools from the 2013 curriculum in this study. The researcher obtained data from a corpus downloaded from the web, and Antcount was used for data analysis. The descriptive qualitative research method was used, with data drawn from the corpus. The results of this study revealed that topics discussing ecolinguistics were only 22.86%, while texts discussing ecolinguistics were 17.0% and sentences discussing ecolinguistics were 7.22%. According to the findings, there is still a lack of awareness of ecolinguists among students. It is hoped that the findings of this study will help people understand the importance of introducing the environment, particularly in English textbooks.