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Hong Zhang; Xiaonan Li; Wenzhe Chang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study examines the representation of cultures across three sets of national English textbooks currently used in China by conducting a synchronic content analysis to explore what and how cultures are represented in the textbooks. Data analysis was conducted based on a newly constructed framework focusing on the content (countries and…
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Cultural Awareness, Asian Culture, Textbooks
Md. Munibur Rahman; Marium Jamila; Md. Abdullah Al Mamun – Asian Journal of Contemporary Education, 2024
This study aimed to critically evaluate the effectiveness and suitability of the textbook "English for Today" designed to instill English language skills and communicative competence into Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) level students in Bangladesh. To carry out the research, a mixed methods approach was followed. The researchers used…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Skills
Musa Nushi; Alireza Aghaei – MEXTESOL Journal, 2024
Culture is an inseparable part of English Language Teaching (ELT), and ELT textbooks, as one of the main instructional resources are bound to include cultural and linguistic content. However, the kind of cultural content in these books has been a controversial issue for decades. It is recommended that curriculum designers use intercultural…
Descriptors: Textbook Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Galang Adhitia Mahardhika; Yanty Wirza; Faksi Rana Al-Kahfi; Ahmad Dindang Mababaya – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2025
The textbook used for fifth grade elementary students in an elementary school in Kuningan, West Java claims to offer Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) questions on the cover of the textbook and some questions have been labeled as HOTS questions. This research investigated the validity of this claim, analyzing the levels of cognitive domain of…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Thinking Skills, Foreign Countries
Ali Derakhshan – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Studies examining culture representation in language textbooks have rarely adopted the semiotic approach, despite its potential for presenting and (re)creating cultural meanings at their various levels (i.e. cultural, intercultural, multicultural, and transcultural) in the co-instantiations of texts, tasks, and images. To address this issue, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Dawn Atkinson – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Though reports of pedagogic materials production point to the range of compromises authors make when writing language teaching textbooks, many accounts are retrospective in nature. This study sought to expand the research perspective by interrogating writing episodes via qualitative content analysis to discover how two expert ELT (English language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Textbook Preparation
Wang, Weiqiang; Tian, Haiyan – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2023
Video observation and content analysis are used to make a "quantitative-qualitative" analysis of English teachers' teaching behavior reflected in English classroom teaching videos, and to accurately describe, analyze, and summarize the characteristics of English teachers' teaching behavior from various aspects. Based on this, this study…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Video Technology, Content Analysis, Language Teachers
Farsani, Mohammad Amini; Rahimi, Fatemeh – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2023
Studies on the salient role of neoliberalism in education have increased rapidly in recent years. These studies highlighted the presence of neoliberalism in language teaching materials in different contexts. However, research exploring the reality of neoliberal mentality in young learners' (YL) English language teaching (ELT) materials are sparse.…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Francis John Troyan; Pete Swanson; Victoria Russell – Hispania, 2023
Both within the field of world language (WL) teacher education and across teacher education in other disciplines, critiques of the edTPA have increased over the past several years. In WL language education, scholars have identified issues related to raters' use of edTPA rubrics and a serious lack of transparency about rater expertise. To better…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Performance Based Assessment, Language Teachers, Teacher Certification
Chee Hye Lee – English Teaching, 2023
This study investigates the social construction and continual (re)production of the cultural "Other" through educational materials, focusing on Korean middle school English textbooks. Twelve middle school English textbooks from four publishers were collected and analyzed, with a focus on how they (mis)represent cultures and practices of…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Content Analysis, Power Structure, Ethnocentrism
Arslan Dönmez, Sinem; Sahin, Ahmet – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2022
The purpose of this study is to investigate the views of lecturers about the effectiveness of the implementation of the peer-coaching practice conducted at the school of foreign languages of a foundation university. The lecturers who took part in the peer coaching practice in the academic year 2019-2020 acted as the participants in this case…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Coaching (Performance)
Alnwaiem, Ahmad F.; Alazemi, Abdullah M.; Alenezi, Abdullah A. – English Language Teaching, 2021
The beliefs of EFL teachers are an essential term perceived in a number of educational fields. Especially in teacher education and behavioural research, this term is usually related to teachers' habits and practices in classes, considering their impact on each other. The aim of this study is to add to prior studies on the subject of teachers'…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Language Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Nazari, Mostafa; Tilaki, Melika Jargani – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
The study of language teacher and learner identity has turned into a vibrant line of research in recent years. Little research, however, has specifically addressed teachers' understanding of learner identity and the contributions this awareness offers to various aspects of their work. This study explored fifty Iranian EFL teachers' understanding…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Sen Yaman, Gül – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
In this study, prospective Arabic teacher's opinions about the ideal Arabic teacher characteristics were examined. The study was carried out according to the phenomenology study pattern, which is one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of this research, which was carried out in the 2021-2022 academic year, was determined by…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Competencies
Akbana, Yunus Emre; Yavuz, Aysun – Journal of Peace Education, 2022
English has long been accepted as "lingua franca" (ELF) to share values, beliefs and opinions. ELF can be interrelated with the paradigms of Global Englishes Language Teaching (GELT), English as an International Language (EIL) and English as Medium of Instruction (EMI). Textbooks should present content covering global issues (GIs),…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction