The Visual Images of English for Maritime Vocation Textbook
Abstract
This study aims to identify the types of visual images in English for Specific
Purposes (ESP) of English for Maritime Vocation. This research used a qualitative
research method using content analysis. The researcher used Kress and van
Leeuwen's (2006) Visual Grammar framework to analyze the visual design from
English in Maritime Vocation book written by Kurniawan et al. (2023). There are
three modes in this framework, Representational modes, Interactive modes, and
Compositional modes. The data contains of 33 visual images. The analysis has
revealed that the representational modes with non-human picture being more
prevalent, this data shows that the visual images in this textbook can related to the
object the students in Maritime Industry vocational school learn. In terms of
interactive modes, visual images in this textbook use a lot of long-shot and Oblique
perspective, Additionally, the book predominantly utilizes color to enhance
materials, accompanied by contextualization pictures depicting actual events. In the
compositional mode, illustrative images have an enormous value, providing
concrete evidence so readers can understand the picture more effectively. The
findings implied that this ESP textbook has a precise function for educational
material and contains educational value for English in Maritime Industry which
makes this book suitable, because the visual images in this book show the real
situation of the professional world. This study could help ESP teachers develop their
content knowledge skills and understand the value of images in language learning
by selecting images aligned with the pedagogical objectives.