A Critique of the English Book for 8th Graders Entitled Prospect 2 in Terms of its Cultural Aspects
Globalization has led to changes in the conceptual meaning of culture, one of which is the perception of people towards language in EFL contexts. Critical evaluation of teaching materials is a vital step in improving the status of the books, especially for the future. Therefore, the current study ai...
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| description | Globalization has led to changes in the conceptual meaning of culture, one of which is the perception of people towards language in EFL contexts. Critical evaluation of teaching materials is a vital step in improving the status of the books, especially for the future. Therefore, the current study aims to evaluate the English book entitled «Prospect 2» in terms of its cultural aspects. This newly-published book is used to teach English for 8th graders in Iran. In this study, experienced English teachers in Hamedan were interviewed, using Kilickaya's (2004) questions. The results were qualitatively analyzed using Dörnyei's (2007) model. The results revealed that this book is localized to a considerable degree, and the cultural aspects of the book are about the local culture of Iran. Consequently, considering the interrelationship between language and culture, totally omitting the cultural features of the language would lead to incomplete knowledge of the language students are learning. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-234ce4e9679d4007bc292ed8282c2a2a2025-01-08T05:41:39ZfasInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی2383-16502021-12-01211029532110.30465/crtls.2021.25761.15617258A Critique of the English Book for 8th Graders Entitled Prospect 2 in Terms of its Cultural AspectsReza Taherkhani0Fateme Mottaghi1Assistant Professor of TEFL, Bu Ali Sina University, Hamedan, IranMA in TEFL, Bu Ali Sina University, Hamedan, IranGlobalization has led to changes in the conceptual meaning of culture, one of which is the perception of people towards language in EFL contexts. Critical evaluation of teaching materials is a vital step in improving the status of the books, especially for the future. Therefore, the current study aims to evaluate the English book entitled «Prospect 2» in terms of its cultural aspects. This newly-published book is used to teach English for 8th graders in Iran. In this study, experienced English teachers in Hamedan were interviewed, using Kilickaya's (2004) questions. The results were qualitatively analyzed using Dörnyei's (2007) model. The results revealed that this book is localized to a considerable degree, and the cultural aspects of the book are about the local culture of Iran. Consequently, considering the interrelationship between language and culture, totally omitting the cultural features of the language would lead to incomplete knowledge of the language students are learning.https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_7258_67c71684e294fd97ab93c0470b368712.pdftextbook strengths and weaknessesbook prospect 2cultural evaluationenglish language teachingthe need to critique educational resources |
| spellingShingle | Reza Taherkhani Fateme Mottaghi A Critique of the English Book for 8th Graders Entitled Prospect 2 in Terms of its Cultural Aspects پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی textbook strengths and weaknesses book prospect 2 cultural evaluation english language teaching the need to critique educational resources |
| title | A Critique of the English Book for 8th Graders Entitled Prospect 2 in Terms of its Cultural Aspects |
| title_full | A Critique of the English Book for 8th Graders Entitled Prospect 2 in Terms of its Cultural Aspects |
| title_fullStr | A Critique of the English Book for 8th Graders Entitled Prospect 2 in Terms of its Cultural Aspects |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Critique of the English Book for 8th Graders Entitled Prospect 2 in Terms of its Cultural Aspects |
| title_short | A Critique of the English Book for 8th Graders Entitled Prospect 2 in Terms of its Cultural Aspects |
| title_sort | critique of the english book for 8th graders entitled prospect 2 in terms of its cultural aspects |
| topic | textbook strengths and weaknesses book prospect 2 cultural evaluation english language teaching the need to critique educational resources |
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