An Investigation of Identity and Intercultural Awareness in English as a Foreign Language Textbook The case of: The Algerian Third Year Secondary School English Textbook

الموضوعات

علوم اللغة

الملخص

One of the most significant skills in the developing twenty first century world isIntercultural awareness. The latter is the key towards successful cross culturalcommunication. The aim of this research is to analyze the cultural representation in theAlgerian high-school English language textbook “New Prospects” used for third yearstreams in order to understand the influence it has on learners’ intercultural awarenessand their local identity. Moreover, this study opts for investigating the actual practicesof the Algerian teachers of English as a foreign language in order to implement thetextbook’s instructions and assure that learners secure their local identity. Bothqualitative and quantitative methods were employed in this study. This research used thecontent analysis technique in order to analyze the cultural representation in “NewProspects” textbook; meanwhile, the questionnaires were administered to both Algerianteachers of English as a foreign language and learners of English as a foreign languagein order to understand their perceptions and implementations of the textbook’ content. Athoughtful analysis of the research findings indicates that the textbook has a logicalrepresentation of the different cultures that keeps, in most times, balance between thesource culture, target culture and international culture topics. In addition, it determinesthat the majority of the teachers involved in the study are aware of the cultural contentof the textbook they are using and can manage to effectively adapt this content to helplearners secure their local identity. The rest minority, who expressed their inability toimplement this content, is in need for professional training on using effectively thetextbook. The study is an attempt to develop new insights in the field of teachingEnglish as a foreign language mainly concerning developing learners’ interculturalawareness through the effective use of the textbook, highlighting their local identity inthe course of cultural exposure and helping them to value their own culture.

روابط وملفات

التعريف والنوع

رقم الوثيقة

0916021f-a5b7-4251-a439-6ff40386b87a

رقم العقد

0

نوع الوسائط

Crawler

نوع المحتوى

الرسائل العلمية

صيغة المصدر

ماستر (LMD)

نوع الملف

pdf text

أسماء الملفات

2077896_1.pdf

بيانات النشر

ألقاب المؤلفين

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اللغة

English

المصدر والدورية

اسم المصدر

An Investigation of Identity and Intercultural Awareness in English as a Foreign Language Textbook The case of: The Algerian Third Year Secondary School English Textbook

المحتوى والصفحات

عدد الصفحات

0

إشراف وإعداد

الإشراف

Samira Moussaoui

الإعداد

Amina Saoudi , Imen Aissi

الاقتباسات الببليوغرافية