This study investigates how intercultural reading texts can foster critical cultural awareness in EFL course books and how critical cultural awareness of learners is reflected. The study is administered in a qualitative research method by analyzing triangulation data from four different EFL course books. The data are analyzed using the content analysis approach after examining the general distribution of Intercultural (IC) reading texts and activities based on Sobkowiak's framework. There are contrastive distributions among four EFL coursebooks. One of the noticeable points in this study is that the EFL coursebook focused on reading skills demonstrates the higher distribution of 'Interpreting visual and verbal cultural representations,' which were mainly focused on native English-speaking cultures. On the contrary, the other EFL coursebook for reading skills focuses on 'reflecting on values, beliefs, and behaviors 'with various cultural elements. Based on these different results from the study, critical implications are made concerning participants' Critical Cultural Awareness (CCA).
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Method 3.1 Materials 3.2 Data collection and participants 3.3 Data Analysis 4. Results & Discussion 5. Conclusion References Appendix
한국언어연구학회 [The Korean Association of Language Studies]
설립연도
1996
분야
인문학>언어학
소개
한국언어연구학회는 언어학과 언어교육 분야의 연구를 통하하여 학문의 질적 향상과 국내외 회원 및 학회간의 학술 교류와 친목을 도모한다. 이를 위해 학술 연구 발표회, 강연회, 강습회를 개최하고, 정기학회지, 연구보고서, 서적 등을 간행하며, 그 밖에 지역사회에 필요한 사업과 연구 활동을 수행하는데 중점을 두고 있다.