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Letting Students Choose: How Culture Influences Text Selection in EFL Reading Courses

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  • 발행기관
    아시아영어교육학회 바로가기
  • 간행물
    The Journal of AsiaTEFL SCOPUS KCI 등재 바로가기
  • 통권
    Vol.17 No.2 (2020.06)바로가기
  • 페이지
    pp.523-539
  • 저자
    Robert Sheridan, Barry Condon
  • 언어
    영어(ENG)
  • URL
    https://www.earticle.net/Article/A377376

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Past research has suggested the use of culturally familiar reading texts increases language acquisition and student interest in the EFL classroom. The present study was conducted to investigate whether L2 learners prefer reading culturally familiar texts over culturally unfamiliar ones. A second prong of this study clarified which topics students are most interested in studying. As part of an elective EFL course, 43 Japanese university students were asked to select and read one simplified English newspaper article each week over a 12-week period from six topic categories: environmental issues, pop culture, tourism, sports, crime, and food. Each topic category consisted of 13 culturally familiar and 13 culturally unfamiliar simplified newspaper articles. Results revealed participants preferred culturally familiar texts to a statistically significant degree, and selected “lighter” topics more frequently than “heavier” topics. Further analyses revealed L2 proficiency had a significant effect on the cultural context that learners selected, and gender had a significant effect on the topics they chose. These findings provide important insights to EFL educators and material designers as they show learners strongly prefer culturally familiar materials, and the results further indicate broadly the kinds of cultural topics students find most interesting.

목차

Abstract
Introduction
Literature Review
Hypotheses
Methodology
Participants
Materials
Procedure
Results
Quantitative Results
Discussion
Analysis of Quantitative Results
Analysis of Qualitative Results
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Funding
The Authors
References
Appendix
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키워드

culturally familiar materials culturally unfamiliar materials choice in EFL reading courses self-selected topics EFL material development

저자

  • Robert Sheridan [ Kindai University, Japan ]
  • Barry Condon [ Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan ]

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발행기관

  • 발행기관명
    아시아영어교육학회 [Asia TEFL]
  • 설립연도
    2004
  • 분야
    사회과학>교육학
  • 소개
    The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals: 1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context. 2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching. 3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia. 4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context. 5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.

간행물

  • 간행물명
    The Journal of AsiaTEFL
  • 간기
    계간
  • pISSN
    1738-3102
  • eISSN
    2466-1511
  • 수록기간
    2004~2026
  • 등재여부
    SCOPUS,KCI 등재
  • 십진분류
    KDC 740 DDC 420

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