Culture in English language teaching textbooks: the emergence of a synergistic blueprint

Alaei, Mahnaz Mostafaei; Parsazadeh, Hossein

doi:10.1080/13488678.2019.1667171

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“…First, certain cultural representations and identities in foreign language learning. Studies with this theme found that certain cultures or cultural identities become part of learning materials and foreign language learning mediums both in textbooks and in language skills (writing, reading, listening, and speaking) (Hosseinzadeh et al, 2022;Mostafaei Alaei & Parsazadeh, 2020;Tüm & Uğuz, 2014;Uğurlu & Taş, 2020;Zhang & Su, 2021). Several studies on this theme found a hidden agenda in internalizing cultural content in foreign language learning.…”

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From Language Learning Media to Representing Turkish Culture: Cultural Content in Turkish Language Textbooks

Mualimin,

Fathiyakan,

Rahayu

2023

educative

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Language has a close relationship with culture, so that language learning often uses cultural content as a learning medium. Therefore this study aims to analyze the cultural content in textbooks for learning Turkish and its relation as a medium of learning between Turkish languages. This study is qualitative research with a literature study approach. The source of the data in this study was the textbook for learning Turkish, namely "Istanbul Yabancılar İçin Türkçe Ders Kitabı". Data were collected by observing the content in the book. The data obtained were then analyzed using the Miles and Huberman qualitative analysis model: data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The findings in this study lead to the conclusion that cultural content is a crucial and inseparable part of the substance of the book "Istanbul Yabancılar İçin Türkçe Ders Kitabı" as a Turkish language textbook. At this level, the cultural content has two functions at once: bridging understanding related to Turkish grammar and representing the cultural identity of the Turkish people to international students.

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From Language Learning Media to Representing Turkish Culture: Cultural Content in Turkish Language Textbooks

Mualimin,

Fathiyakan,

Rahayu

2023

educative

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“…This consideration comes from the views of defining cultures in applied linguistics. According to Alaei and Parsazadeh (2020), English teachers need to delve into a number of main concepts and classification of cultures before they go to adapt or adopt cultures into teaching materials. In this context, teachers should pay attention to terms of world Englishes and Kachru's concentric model (Sridhar, 2019).…”

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Developing Culture-Based English Instructional Materials to Improve Students’ Thinking, ELT Achievement, and Classroom Interaction

Prayati¹,

Haerazi²,

Irawan³

et al. 2020

Lingua Cultura

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The research aimed to provide students’ learning and target needs of incorporating culture-based English instructionalmaterials in enhancing students’ critical thinking skills, ELT achievement, and classroom interaction at the Central Lombok middle schools. The research was a quantitative study. The 350 students and 10 English teachers were involved in the research. The average of students’ age ranged from 12-13 years old, while the English teachers were certified Englishteachers at the middle schools. They had also been from five to seven years of teaching practice experience. The data were collected using a questionnaire to see the students’ and teachers’ needs that were focused on target needs and learning needs. The target needs comprised the learning goals, lacks, and wants, while the learning needs included learning inputs, students’ roles, and classroom management. The data were analyzed using some steps; computation, display, drawing conclusion, and verification processes. Based on the data analysis, the target needs show that students are expected to get English proficiencies by providing them various cultural materials, namely local arts, traditional games, traditional rates, traditional technologies, and traditional pieces of literature. It can bring them to think critically to improve ELT achievement and build classroom interaction. At the same time, the analysis of learning needs informs that students need an appropriate English learning approach. They show they have an intention to be autonomous learners.

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A critical analysis of Vietnam-produced English textbooks for high school students: intercultural and multicultural perspectives

Tien

2023

Asian Englishes

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Culture in English language teaching textbooks: the emergence of a synergistic blueprint

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

From Language Learning Media to Representing Turkish Culture: Cultural Content in Turkish Language Textbooks

From Language Learning Media to Representing Turkish Culture: Cultural Content in Turkish Language Textbooks

Developing Culture-Based English Instructional Materials to Improve Students’ Thinking, ELT Achievement, and Classroom Interaction

A critical analysis of Vietnam-produced English textbooks for high school students: intercultural and multicultural perspectives

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