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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)
Köksal, Dinçay; Ulum, Ömer Gökhan – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2021
Although a number of studies have been conducted on the existence of cultural and linguistic hegemony in EFL course books, both global and local publishers, and authors intentionally or unintentionally seem to reflect specific cultures, norms, and ideologies more in the course books. Thus, the present study aims to explore the state of hegemonic…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language)
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
Saeed, Kochar Ali; Sabir, Lanya Mohammed; Fatah, Bayar Swara – Arab World English Journal, 2021
This research aims to give a clear image of coursebook evaluation in the English department of Komar University of Science and Technology (KUST) in Iraqi Kurdistan. The focus of this paper is to show the advantages and disadvantages of six coursebooks that are used in the English department of KUST. For this purpose, the researchers conducted…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Departments, Universities, Teacher Attitudes
M. Aljoharah Almadhi; M. Zaha Alanazi – Cogent Education, 2024
This study delves into how the presentation medium of texts impacts students' reading comprehension and attitudes. Employing a quasi-experimental mixed-method approach, it explores the effects of e-books on EFL students' comprehension and attitudes toward reading. A total of 28 female EFL students enrolled in the preparatory year program (PYP) at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Books, Reading Comprehension, Reading Attitudes
Cesur, Kürsat; Özi?sler, Narin – Online Submission, 2019
Undoubtedly, foreign language teaching intends to make students obtain the required competence so as to get the linguistic knowledge needed in a foreign language. With this respect, a textbook should supply to the users as much as possible, be satisfactory to fit into the syllabus, and meet all the needs and expectations of the students during the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Mostafaei Alaei, Mahnaz; Parsazadeh, Hossein – Intercultural Education, 2021
As there is no well-established benchmark in terms of the representation of culture in English Language textbooks, culture representation has often been treated as a matter of opinion. To address this gap, having classified the textbooks in an EFL context into three types, namely local, localised, and international, the researchers drew on the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Benchmarking
Li, Xinying; Deocampo, Marilyn Fernandez – Arab World English Journal, 2021
It is generally known that textbook is the first and the most vital tool for teachers to proceed with successful English language teaching activities. Hence, it is indispensable for all language teachers to evaluate books critically and choose a suitable textbook. This article aimed to explore the different features of two famous college English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Meysam Muhammadpour; Masoud Khalili Sabet – Discover Education, 2024
Research suggests that English for Specific Purposes (ESP) students in English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) contexts have difficulties understanding the passages in technical English textbooks of various fields of study including computer software engineering. Few experimental studies to date have investigated the effect of an online hybrid reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Special Purposes, Computer Software, Textbooks
Fang, Fan; Yuan, Limin; Xu, Hongchen; Wang, Xueyi – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2022
The development of English as a global language has urged the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) to implement some reforms in relation to textbook design and curriculum development as well as the approaches to and goals of English language teaching (ELT). From the multilingual perspective, Global Englishes (GE) and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Case Studies
The Need for Optionality and Learning Guidance in Self-Access Audiovisual Language Learning Material
Mulling, Alessandra Belletti Figueira; Watkins, Peter – TESL-EJ, 2023
This research set out to evaluate video material contained within the English learning coursebook "English M1" which was designed for self-access use. "English M1" is a Brazilian government-sponsored piece of material available for free. It is the first stage of a course that learners would complete independently, unmediated by…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Oktavianti, Ikmi Nur; Eriani, Efit; Rolyna, Ifa; Prayogi, Icuk – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2023
Despite the growing recognition of corpus in language teaching and learning, the importance of teaching materials informed by corpus investigation has not been widely acknowledged, especially in the EFL context. In teaching grammar, it is essential to provide authentic materials for the learners indicating both grammaticality and appropriateness.…
Descriptors: Grammar, Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Zare-ee, Abbas; Hejazi, S. Yahya – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
Teachers need evidence-based data to select, adapt, adopt, and effectively use textbooks. The present survey compared Iranian university English-as-a-Foreign-language (EFL) teachers' and learners' views on locally-produced textbooks and adopted ones. 119 undergraduate university EFL learners and 36 EFL university teachers were selected through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Hassan A. Alshumrani – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
Vocabulary is often considered as a key predictor of second language ability, and how teachers and learners' beliefs and conceptualizations about vocabulary affect their teaching and learning has recently gained unprecedented momentum in the field of second language education. However, despite their importance, there is a paucity of research that…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Thana Kruawong; Supakorn Phoocharoensil – rEFLections, 2024
The development of subject-specific word lists to assist EFL learners is becoming popular, as is the utilization of CLIL to teach English in academic areas of science. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of the instruction of English Science Textbooks Word Lists (ESTWL) and the CLIL approach on the Science Vocabulary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Content and Language Integrated Learning, Science Instruction