Abstract
Although English Language subject is no longer compulsory for primary school level in Indonesia based on the current Curriculum 2013, some regions still consider it essential for their area development and thus making it a compulsory local content subject—Batu Municipality is one of them. Therefore, more efforts are needed to assist English teachers as resources for teaching English is limited due to the lack of support from the national policy level, thus the reasoning for the current project. This paper aims to describe the process of writing and supervising of Bright English Textbook, which is a specifically targeted English textbook for primary schools in Batu, East Java, Indonesia. Qualitative descriptive method was used in this study, involving four primary school teachers as the subjects in the collaborative textbook writing project. The finding presents the step-by-step process from the description during the training process, the actual writing process, until the illustration and lay-outing process. Besides, it also describes the supervision process as well as the problems and solutions related to it. Some highlights and implications of the study are also discussed, with suggestions offered in the form of combined online and face-to-face supervision process and sufficient writing and publication ethics training provided before the writing process begins. It is expected that this study could benefit other teachers and researchers who want to embark on a collaborative textbook writing process to improve their project effectiveness.
Highlights
The idea of writing a complementary book for primary schools in Indonesia has been instilled from the fact that English learning solely relies on one learning resource or textbook provided by the government
The writing process of Bright English textbook for primary school level was conducted through several stages; the workshop, the initial sample display, the writing process, the editing, the illustration, and layout process, as well as the printing
Bright English was a prototype of a culturally based textbook that reflects the implementation of 2013 curriculum topics relevant to the life skills needed by the Batu Municipality
Summary
The idea of writing a complementary book for primary schools in Indonesia has been instilled from the fact that English learning solely relies on one learning resource or textbook provided by the government. Based on the initial report from primary school teachers, this book provides minimum support for the exploration of regional potentials as the government book is made for the whole nation, not for city per city (Tahir, 2011). Batu, one of the main cities in East Java province, Indonesia, with its abundant natural and tourism potential, requires at least one other source of English language learning that can introduce its natural and cultural wealth, which is adjusted to the topic exposed in the 2013 primary school curriculum This planned complementary book is projected to meet the needs of the pioneer city of Indonesia, Batu Municipality by providing material or content related to language skills such as reading, writing, and speaking, and cultural knowledge, vocabulary, and love for nature and animals around students. Students will be encouraged to practice communicating more effectively within the school environment, the community, and globally, to support the development of functional tourism in Indonesia in general
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