Bachtiar Akob, Aulia Rahman and Guntur Arie Wibowo
Purpose – The purpose of this study focuses on the reconstruction of Aceh culture as a learning discourse of Acehnese language towards elementary school students. The author also…
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this study focuses on the reconstruction of Aceh culture as a learning discourse of Acehnese language towards elementary school students. The author also wants to see more closely the process of learning the language of Aceh in elementary school as a part of the reconstruction of local culture of Aceh.
Design/Methodology – This research is a qualitative research by using critical discourse analysis. The data source of this research is the textbook of Aceh language class 2 of elementary school. Data collection was done using documentation techniques and validity analysis the opinion of Ibn Hamad (2012), namely holistic, historical situatedness, and theory was referred.
Findings – The results show that Aceh’s cultural identity depicted in textbooks includes both religious and social-humanist identities.
Originality/Value – This study is the first in terms of reviewing and analyzing a text in an textbook in elementary.