%0 Journal Article 
%A Canga Alonso, Andrés
%A Cifone Ponte, María Daniela
%T Cultural terms in EFL textbooks for young learners

%D 2021
%@ 1989-0796
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/47051
%X This paper analyses the Festival/Cultural section of the four most used 6th Primary EFL textbooks in La Rioja
(North of Spain) to examine whether (i) festivals is a topic covered in the syllabi of these four materials, (ii) the
topics and terms refer to British and American celebrations, represent festivals in other English-speaking
communities or allude to students’ own culture, and (iii) songs and rhymes are included in the materials and related
to the celebrations represented in them.
Our findings show that the most recurrent cultural topics are everyday living, values, beliefs and attitudes and
ritual behaviour. As for the cultural terms, our sample mostly portrays references to the target culture. Songs and
rhymes are part of the teaching materials, but are barely related to the festivals. These data seem to show that
sociocultural aspects are gaining importance in ELT primary materials, but they mostly focus on the target culture
and omit references to students’ own culture.

%K Festivals
%K 6th grade Primary
%K EFL textbooks
%K Cultural terms
%K Songs
%K Fiestas
%K 6º de Educación Primaria
%K Libros de inglés como lengua extranjera
%K Términos culturales
%K Canciones
%~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala