A Comparative Study of Fourth grade middle school English and French textbooks from an intercultural standpoint : The case of "on the move " and "mon livre de français"
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2019-07
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Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou
Abstract
The present dissertation aims at investigating the teaching of Intercuturality in the
Algerian Foreign language Middle School textbooks ‘On the Move’ and ‘Mon Livre de
Français’. It aims to understand the extent to which Interculturality is adopted in the English
and French manuals. Three objectives have motivated our research. The first objective is to check
whether intercultural learning is catered for in the English textbook. The second objective is to
determine whether the French textbook accounts for intercultural learning. The third objective is to
compare how intercultural contents are implemented in the English and French textbooks. In order to
meet the objectives of the study, Byram’s framework of Intercultural Communicative Competence
(1997) is applied. Indeed, Intercultural learning should be given prominence in foreign
language teaching to acquire the linguistic competence as well as the intercultural competence,
adding to this, the Intercultural Communicative Competence is an important factor for
successful communication, this motivates us to go further and find out its implementation in the
English and French fourth grade Middle school textbooks (coursebooks). For collecting data,
the results are gathered from textbook evaluation of the manuals under investigation, in
addition a questionnaire is used as an additional research tool. In fact, fourty questionnaires
were distributed to Middle School learners in El Akid Lotfi of Tizi-Ouzou. As far as data
analysis is concerned, a mixed method research combining both qualitative and quantitave
methods is adopted. The qualitative data are analyzed using Qualitative Content Analysis
while the rule of three is used to analyze the quantitative ones. The results of the study reveal
that ‘On the Move’ is more beneficial than ‘Mon Livre de Français’ regarding the teaching of
the Intercultural Communicative Competence. Hence, the cultural elements and values are
covertly communicated in the English manual. Accordingly, learners agree on this point since
they prefer ‘On the Move’ to ‘Mon Livre de Français’ since the former cultivate their
intercultural awareness and develop their openness towards the native as well as the target
and foreign cultures.
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30cm ; 107p.
Keywords
Culture, Interculturality, Intercultural Communicative Competence, FL Middle School Textbooks
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Language and Communication