A Proverb in Need Is a Proverb Indeed: Proverbs, Textbooks and Communicative Language Ability

Autor/inn/en	Hatipoglu, Çiler; Daskin, Nilüfer Can
Titel	A Proverb in Need Is a Proverb Indeed: Proverbs, Textbooks and Communicative Language Ability
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 40 (2020) 1, Artikel 1664 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hatipoglu, Çiler) ORCID (Daskin, Nilüfer Can)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Proverbs; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Communicative Competence (Languages); Textbooks; Preservice Teachers; Textbook Content; Content Analysis; Foreign Countries; High Schools; Vocabulary Development; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprichwort; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Lehrbuchtext; Inhaltsanalyse; Ausland; High school; Oberschule; Wortschatzarbeit; Türkei
Abstract	In the study reported here we focus on proverbs in English Language Teaching (ELT) coursebooks and how the pithy structure and the "wisdom"-loaded content of proverbs can contribute to the development of foreign language learners' communicative competence as defined by Bachman (1990). We discuss how the most frequently used coursebooks in the context of English as a foreign language (EFL) were identified through a questionnaire administered to 127 first and fourth-year EFL pre-service teachers. We also show how these popular coursebooks were scrutinised for the inclusion and presentation of proverbs by using content analysis and an analysis form to uncover (1) the number of the proverbs incorporated, (2) whether or not the presentation of the proverbs in the coursebooks would foster the development of the competencies identified by Bachman (1990), and (3) whether they were among the most known and frequently used proverbs in present-day English (i.e., currency). The findings reveal a number of problems related to the frequency and currency of the included proverbs, and to the adequacy of the presentation of the proverbs in the examined coursebooks to help students develop their communicative competence. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01