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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. Englishes in Upper Secondary EFL Teaching. A Study of Teachers’ Selection, in Relation to Kachru’s Circles

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Lärarutbildningsnämnden

   Author : Hanna Furenäs; [2022-08-03]
   Keywords : Teaching; literary canon; EFL; EIL; Kachru’s circles;

   Abstract : The reality of the English language has shifted from being the language of the Empire to an international Lingua Franca. This pluricultural way of viewing English is reflected in the syllabus for the subject. READ MORE

4. 3. Inclusiveness in texts in the EFL classroom : A study of English teachers’ inclusion of different parts of the world in texts used in the lower grades

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Dennis Moberg; [2021]
   Keywords : English as a foreign language; English as an international language; teaching material; text type; teacher usage;

   Abstract : This essay investigates if texts featuring different parts of the world are present in the English as a Foreign Language classroom for grades 1-3 of Swedish primary school. The focus in the essay is to investigate what texts teachers use in the English classroom and what content the texts feature related to different parts of the world. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. 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