Cultural Elements in EFL Course Books

Autor/inn/en	Ulum, Ömer Gökhan; Bada, Erdogan
Titel	Cultural Elements in EFL Course Books
Quelle	15 (2016) 1, S.15-26 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Cultural Awareness; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Textbook Evaluation; Teaching Methods; Language Variation; Cultural Influences; Social Influences; Foreign Countries; Content Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sprachenvielfalt; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Ausland; Inhaltsanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Türkei
Abstract	Language echoes cultural values, norms and many other features of a society, and is regarded as an inseparable part of such characteristics. Despite the fact that values and features of a society may be kept apart from language in language education, this though would be an incomplete process of language instruction. With this study, we aim to highlight inner and outer circle (+expanding circle) cultural and societal characteristics of the target language, in our case, English. For this, we examined state recommended English course books used in institutions of the Turkish Ministry of Education. As a result of our evaluation, we found that the outer circle (+expanding circle) characteristics occupied a significant place in the content of material designed targeting learners of English. And, this was duly attributed to writers who similarly come from an outer circle (+expanding circle) culture. Whether this leads to a positively effective way of teaching is largely debated by scholars in the field. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01