'Should textbook images be merely decorative?': Cultural representations in the Iranian EFL national textbook from the semiotic approach perspective

A Derakhshan - Language Teaching Research, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Studies examining culture representation in language textbooks have rarely adopted the
semiotic approach, despite its potential for presenting and (re) creating cultural meanings at …

Analyzing culture in foreign/second language textbooks: Methodological and conceptual issues

C Weninger, T Kiss - Language, ideology and education, 2015 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Textbooks are often considered as one of the most accessible artifacts of language teaching,
which lend themselves easily to evaluation and analysis. They are static and observable; …

Cultural learning in the EFL classroom: The role of visuals

T Kiss, C Weninger - Elt Journal, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Visual texts are part of everyday communication and they have the potential to carry multiple
layers of meaning. This complexity is what makes them an ideal resource not only for …

Hidden curriculum: An analysis of cultural content of the ELT textbooks in inner, outer, and expanding circle countries

N Rashidi, H Meihami - Cogent Education, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the great body of work examining the cultural content of the international and local
ELT textbooks, the cultural content and elements of the ELT textbooks in the inner, outer …

[PDF][PDF] The role of visuals in cultural learning in the EFL classroom

D Ampera, Y Iskandar, AAS Tabieh… - Asian ESP …, 2021 - researchgate.net
The Role of Visuals in Cultural Learning in the EFL Classroom Page 1 Asian ESP Journal |
Volume 17 Issue 3.1 112 112 The Role of Visuals in Cultural Learning in the EFL …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring cultural conceptualisations and metacultural competence in local EAP textbooks: A semiotic approach

A Dabbagh, MR Atai - Journal of Asia TEFL, 2022 - researchgate.net
Despite the surge of interest in evaluating culture representation in English language
teaching (ELT) materials, the literature has not adequately addressed representations of …

Evaluation of culture representation in Vision English textbook series for Iranian secondary public education

M Gheitasi, M Aliakbari, N Yousofi - Journal of English Language …, 2020 - elt.tabrizu.ac.ir
This study evaluated the cultural content of Vision textbook series that are currently in use in
Iranian public secondary school system. The aim was to find the most frequent cultural …

Conflicting understandings of multicultural society, global world, and English: Multimodal content analysis of 5 Korean elementary EFL textbooks

G Jang, G Tinker Sachs, JH Park - Critical Inquiry in Language …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In response to becoming a more multicultural society, the South Korean Ministry of
Education has implemented a multicultural education policy since 2006 by promoting …

Constructing English as a Ugandan language through an English textbook

E Stranger-Johannessen - Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
English is a national language in Uganda and is widely used in elite areas such as politics
and business, but most Ugandans master English to only a limited degree. In this situation …

Iranian EFL Teachers and Learners Perspective on Potentiality of Top Notch Series for Intercultural Competence Development.

M Ahmadi Safa, M Moradi, R Hamzavi - Iranian Journal of Language Teaching …, 2015 - ERIC
The current study aimed at investigating the nature of EFL teachers and learners'
perspectives on the intercultural competence potentiality of an EFL textbook, ie" Top Notch …