The Cultural Component in EFL Textbooks: An Investigation of its Presentation in Spotlight on English Oneand On the Move
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2015-10-05
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
The present dissertation aims at investigating the teaching of culture in the Algerian
EFL Middle School textbooks Spotlight on English Oneand On the Move.For the sake of
findingout how the cultural component is presented in the two textbooks. We have
evaluatedthem in relation to Anne Brit Fenner’s model (2000). It consists of knowledge,
socio-cultural competence and attitude. In this research, the main concern has been to show if
the cultural components are portrayed differently in the textbooks under investigation. In
order to gather further data, we have relied on a questionnaire as an additional research tool
addressed to the middle school teachers. The study combines both qualitative and quantitative
methods which are both descriptive and statistical. The results sorted out from our textbook
evaluation reveal that there are significant differences between the ways the cultural elements
are portrayed in the two coursebooks. Besides, it is also found that the focus of the cultural
components differs in the textbooks. In Spotlight on English One, it is knowledge which is
mostly focused on. As forOn the Move, there is a gradual movement to socio-cultural
competence and attitude since the fourth year Middle School learners have been well
equipped with the necessary skills and language mastery all along the four years. Concerning
the findings obtained from teachers’ answers and perceptions; they show that Fenner’s
cultural elements are presented differently in Spotlight on English Oneand On the Move.
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70p.;30cm.(+cd)
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Culture, EFL MiddleSchool Textbooks, Knowledge, Socio-cultural Competence, and Attitude.
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Language and Communication