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T1 Cultural terms in EFL textbooks for young learners
T2 Términos culturales en libros de texto de inglés para jóvenes
A1 Canga Alonso, Andrés
A1 Cifone Ponte, María Daniela
K1 Festivals
K1 6th grade Primary
K1 EFL textbooks
K1 Cultural terms
K1 Songs
K1 Fiestas
K1 6º de Educación Primaria
K1 Libros de inglés como lengua extranjera
K1 Términos culturales
K1 Canciones
AB 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) thetopics and terms refer to British and American celebrations, represent festivals in other English-speakingcommunities or allude to students’ own culture, and (iii) songs and rhymes are included in the materials and relatedto the celebrations represented in them.Our findings show that the most recurrent cultural topics are everyday living, values, beliefs and attitudes andritual behaviour. As for the cultural terms, our sample mostly portrays references to the target culture. Songs andrhymes are part of the teaching materials, but are barely related to the festivals. These data seem to show thatsociocultural aspects are gaining importance in ELT primary materials, but they mostly focus on the target cultureand omit references to students’ own culture.
PB Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alcalá
SN 1989-0796
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/47051
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/47051
LA spa
DS MINDS@UW
RD 30-abr-2024