This research aim to understand how to enhance the intercultural awareness for Korean EFL learners using middle school English language textbooks. English language textbooks can play key roles in building learners’ intercultural competence. For the purposes of this study, we analyzed 15 English textbooks currently used in Korea and reflect the country’s English education policy. We investigated the diversity of cultural backgrounds and topics, especially those related to the intercultural understanding activities represented in the reading texts and culture sections of each lesson. As a result, we found that Korea has tried to cultivate its learners’ cultural competence through introducing the diverse cultures in the world, but in the aspects of enhancing the intercultural understanding of Korean EFL learners, English language textbooks should be organized in the direction of diversifying intercultural communication activities that can compare and understand the differences between diverse cultures rather than just list the diverse cultural representations.
목차
Abstract 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2.1 Cultivating &quat;Intercultural Awareness&quat; of EFL Learners in the Globalized World 2.2 English Textbook as a Source for Cultural Information 3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Objectives and Scopes of Study 3.2 Subject of Study 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 4.1 Diversity of Cultural Backgrounds 4.2 Diversity of Cultural Topics 4.3 Topics Related to the Intercultural Awareness 5. CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REFERENCES
키워드
Language PolicyGlobalizationTextbook AnalysisIntercultural AwarenessCultural ContentsCultural Backgrounds
저자
Bokmyung Chang [ Professor of Department of English, Namseoul University ]
Corresponding Author
국제문화기술진흥원 [The International Promotion Agency of Culture Technology]
설립연도
2009
분야
공학>공학일반
소개
본 진흥원은 문화기술(Culture Technology) 관련 산·학·연·관으로 구성된 비영리 단체이다. 문화기술(CT)은 정보통신기술(ICT), 문화적 사고 기반의 예술, 인문학, 디자인, 사회과학기술이 접목된 신융합기술(New Convergence Technology, NCT)로 정의한다. 인간의 삶의 질을 향상시키고, 진보된 방향으로 변화시키고, 문화기술 관련 분야의 학술 및 기술의 발전과 진흥에 공헌하기 위하여, 제3조의 필요한 사업을 행함을 그 목적으로 한다.
간행물
간행물명
International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology(IJACT)
간기
계간
pISSN
2288-7202
eISSN
2288-7318
수록기간
2013~2025
등재여부
KCI 등재
십진분류
KDC 600DDC 700
이 권호 내 다른 논문 / International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology(IJACT) Volume 12 Number 4