THE VALUES OF NATIONALISM AND LANGUAGE POLITENESS IN RESEARCH TEXTBOOKS IN MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITIES, CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA

Abstract

Central Java, as a province with the largest population in Indonesia, has four Muhammadiyah Universities to forming a superior generation. Two criteria that are expected by the State are graduates who have the language politeness and have a nationalist spirit. These two things symbolize the nobility of character. Research textbook is an important element supporting the success of student learning. In response to the qualified generation, textbooks used at the university need to be examined. Both nationalism and language politeness are the main modalities to build high-quality citizens. There is a need to describe the contents of research textbooks in several tertiary institutions. Field data were collected and analyzed to produce a complete description of the contents of some research textbooks used at Muhammadiyah Universities in Central Java, Indonesia. Based on the collected data, it can be concluded that nationalism has not been presented in research textbooks, while language politeness is little found in them.