The Representation of Multicultural Values in Indonesian ELT Textbook “English for Nusantara”

The content analysis investigated the representation of cultural content in the Indonesian ELT textbook for junior high school for 9th grade with the title “English for Nusantara” in Kurikulum Merdeka. The research aimed to investigate of the cultural categories, to investigate of the cultural dimensions, and to portray the multicultural values in the ELT Indonesian textbook. This research applied qualitative content analysis. Investigating the cultural content used Cortazzi and Jin (1999), elaboration between Byram (1994) and Moran’s (2001) cultural dimension, and multicultural values from Bennett (2010). The findings revealed that the most dominant cultural category was source culture while the least was target culture. Then, the dominant cultural dimension was the product dimension. However, the least was the community dimension. In multicultural values, respect for the earth value was the most portrayed in the textbook, but the least portion was a responsibility to the world community