Essays about: "expanding circle countries"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words expanding circle countries.

1. 1. Beyond The Surface of Language Learning. An Analysis of EFL Textbooks and Their Representation of Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circle Cultures

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

   Author : Juliette Lejonord; [2022-08-03]
   Keywords : EFL textbooks; representation; cultures; Kachru’s circles; CDA;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to analyze EFL textbooks used in Swedish upper secondary schools to investigate the representation of Kachru’s three Circles of English – the Inner, Outer, and Expanding Circle – as well as their cultures. The study contained both a quantitative and a qualitative approach, collecting data from three EFL textbooks. READ MORE

3. 2. Representation of English as an International Language in Swedish and German Textbooks : A Comparative Study of Textbooks in the Subject English used in Swedish and German Upper Secondary Schools

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Miriam Ratajczak; [2021]
   Keywords : English as International Language; EFL; Textbook Analysis; Teaching English;

   Abstract : This study is investigating how English as an international language is represented in textbooks of institutionalised second language learning at upper secondary high schools in Germany and Sweden, as well as if and how these representations differ. The method to be used in this essay is a textbook analysis, in which the frequency of references to Inner, Outer and Expanding Circle countries (see Kachru’s (1992) concentric model of World Englishes) is measured. READ MORE

4. 3. World Englishes: Attitude in the Expanding Circle Towards East and Southeast Asian Varieties of English

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Laura Ortu; [2021]
   Keywords : Attitude; Asian accented English; comprehensibility; likability; accentedness.;

   Abstract : English has become an essential part in our lives. It is inevitable to formulate an opinion when we meet a new person, and in particular we tend to focus our attention on the way this person speaks. READ MORE

5. 4. Representation and cultural bias : A study focused on three Swedish ESL-textbooks

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Sofia Sandberg; [2021]
   Keywords : ESL-textbooks; textbook study; cultural textbook study; cultural representation; Swedish ESL;

   Abstract : In the following essay, a study on three textbooks used for educating pupils in Swedish secondary schools in the subject of English is presented. One aim of the study was to investigate how the selection of texts, both fiction and non-fiction, used for reading and listening comprehension purposes and their respective author representations in three Swedish EFL-textbooks could be considered to represent a broad perspective of the English-speaking world. READ MORE

6. 5. Constructing 'the Other': A Study of Cultural Representation in English Language Textbooks

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Johanna Ivanoff; Amanda Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : English Language Textbooks; ELT; cultural representation; Critical Discourse Analysis; CDA; Visual Semiotics; Circles of World Englishes; the hidden curriculum; hegemonic discourses; imagined communities; Orientalism; the Other ;

   Abstract : Educational textbooks have the power to influence pupils’ perception of the world. In the subject of English, this specifically concerns learning about cultures in different parts of the world where English is used. READ MORE