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Apisak Sukying; Jessie S. Barrot – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
There is an ongoing concern regarding the alignment of textbooks with curriculum standards across different subjects. Such studies have emphasized the critical, yet complex, role of textbooks in bridging pedagogical practices with curricular reforms. The present research builds upon these discussions, by examining not only the alignment but also…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, National Curriculum
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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)
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Ahmet Acar – Journal of English Teaching, 2024
In this paper, I propose a model of plurimethodological approach in ELT textbook design, in which one unit is based on the communicative PPP unit model, where the unit ends with a final communicative task, and the following unit is based on the action-oriented unit model, where the unit is a mini-project unit as a whole. Such a textbook model is…
Descriptors: Textbook Preparation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cristovão, Vera Lúcia Lopes; Sanches, Bruno; Smart, Graham – Environmental Education Research, 2022
This article reports on a study that investigated the extent to which the discourse used to approach environmental issues in English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) textbooks in Brazilian public secondary schools helps students develop critical environmental literacy. We focused our discourse analysis on the outside materials incorporated into the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Özkan, Tutku; Asik, Asuman – Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, 2023
Among a variety of language learning materials, the crucial role that coursebooks have on learning and teaching processes takes a great deal of attention in the scholarly literature. English language coursebooks have been thought of as one of the most pivotal instruments for effective and systematic language learning experiences. Therefore, it is…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Textbook Preparation, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
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Goodarzi, Ahmad; Weisi, Hiwa; Yousofi, Nouroddin – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
With the advent of new English textbooks, course book evaluation has become an indispensable ingredient in all English Language Teaching (ELT) contexts. Thus, the present study aimed to contribute to this area in the Iranian context by evaluating newly published junior high school (13 to 15 years old) course books (the Prospect series) and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Nguyen, Chi-Duc – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
This study examined whether the reading passages in the new series of English-language textbooks for high-school students in Vietnam fostered reading comprehension and incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading by looking at four factors: the number of unfamiliar words in the texts, the importance of these words for text comprehension, the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Textbook Preparation, Inferences, Second Language Learning
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Shorsh Mohammed Ismael Ismael; Behbood Mohammadzadeh – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
This study investigates the extent of the gender representation and stereotyping in "Sunrise" textbook series (1-12) taught in state schools, primary and high school in Northern Iraq and teachers' perceptions about gender role stereotypes. The research aims to ascertain how gender is represented and what kinds of stereotypes expressions…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Public Schools, Sex Stereotypes, Textbooks
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Ton Nu, Anh T.; Murray, Jill – TESL-EJ, 2020
Recent research studies in ESL/EFL contexts worldwide have shown a gap between the findings of pragmatics research and how the English language is actually taught and learnt in EFL classrooms, as well as a paucity of pragmatic information provided in ESL/EFL textbooks. Utilizing content analysis, this study explores the provision of pragmatic…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ait Bouzid Hassan; Erguig Reddad; Yeou Mohamed – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2019
This paper is built on the assumption that there are no perfect language teaching textbooks; therefore, it hopes to draw the attention of Moroccan BLT practitioners to the viability of using textbook evaluation to improve the quality of these teaching-learning materials. It aims to investigate ways in which grammar lessons are presented in three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Evaluation, Grammar, Second Language Learning
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Alharbi, Aisha T. – English Language Teaching, 2020
This study looked into Saudi female English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' perception of their motivational practices in the actual classroom in public and private schools. Forty (n=40) EFL teachers filled out a questionnaire consisting of forty-four motivational strategies that were based on a five-point Likert scale ranging from…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
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Herath, Sreemali – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
This study critically examines the discursive reconstruction of ethnic hierarchies in English language textbooks used in public schools in post-conflict Sri Lanka. Set against a social and political backdrop of larger nation state-building and national reconciliation taking place in Sri Lanka after it ended a three-decade ethnic conflict, this…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Ethnic Groups, Conflict Resolution, Ideology
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Köksa, Dinçay; Ulum, Ömer Gökhan – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2020
Language ideologies are the practices of culturally, socially, and historically shaped views, images, and attitudes toward language. The political characteristic of English is certainly a sort of cultural hegemony, embodying the use of the target language into experiences, interpretations, and reciprocally confirmed assumptions. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Textbooks
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Yuliani, Sri – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
Riau Province is a province where the majority of the people are Malay. Malays in Riau province have a variety of cultural arts so that the effort to preserve Malay culture can be done in a variety of ways to be sustainable (Culture Sustainable Development) to the children and grandchildren. In this research, short-term research, researchers will…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Vincy, R. Infanta – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2018
This study investigates the importance of the reception of vocabulary in the language learning process of second language learners of English considering the evident role of vocabulary in the language fluency of the learners. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of explicit instruction and intentional learning environment in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development