TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS: GENDER REPRESENTATION IN TWO ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS FOR TENTH GRADE STUDENTS

Textbook is learning material that can affect student’s perspective and thinking. Therefore, it necessary to pay attention several things such as gender equality contained in the textbook, either explicitly or implicitly. This paper concerns representation two English textbooks assessed by National Education Standards Agency Cambridge University Pers. The framework of systemic functional linguistics proposed Halliday & Matthiessen (2014) utilized this study. research used a qualitative descriptive analysis focusing on textual data obtained from 10 selected texts related with roles characters. result indicates male was found be more frequently represented Participants, Process Circumstantial. In case, females are almost invisible marginalized both textbooks. Four types transitivity were first book they characters whose activities business industry high desires, rational traveler whereas female education household. second contains six process, strength, attentive, talk much nurturing, beautiful, complaisant cheerful. summary, there unequal between