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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. 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. 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

5. 4. Concreteness in Business letters : a Corpus-based Analysis of British and Pakistani English

   University essay from Engelska

   Author : Akbar Ali; [2010]
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   Abstract : Linguistic features of business letters have been a research target of both linguists and business writers. In this study, the language of British and Pakistani Business letters was compared and contrasted in terms of concreteness and abstractness. READ MORE

6. 5. Teaching Standards or Standard Teaching? : An analysis of the Swedish national curriculum for English at upper-secondary school level

   University essay from Lärarutbildningen

   Author : Ciarán O'Neill; [2006]
   Keywords : lingua franca; Standard English; global English; inner circle countries; outer circle countries; expanding circle countries;

   Abstract : English is the most expansionist language in the world today. Currently, native speakers are outnumbered by non-native speakers by a ratio of 3:1, a ratio that is set to grow to 10:1 within the next ten years. One of the consequences of a language growing so rapidly is that its new users tend to ignore already accepted standards. READ MORE