An analysis of cultural vocabulary in ELT textbooks

  1. Andrés Canga Alonso 1
  2. Daniela Cifone Ponte 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Revista:
Odisea: Revista de estudios ingleses

ISSN: 1578-3820

Año de publicación: 2015

Número: 16

Páginas: 83-96

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Odisea: Revista de estudios ingleses

Resumen

Este trabajo analiza los resultados obtenidos en el análisis del vocabulario con contenido cultural de dos libros de texto de inglés utilizados en dos niveles distintos del sistema educativo español: 4º de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y 2º de bachillerato Las palabras fueron extraídas de las actividades de compresión escritay vocabulario y clasificadas con la ayuda de dos listas de categorías culturales (Byram y Morgan, 1994; MCER, 2001) Los resultados revelan que el número de palabras con contenido cultural de ambos textos no están equilibradas Además, se concede mucha importancia a la local-ización geográfica y los personajes importantes dejando a un lado temas controvertidos. Por último, los libros analizados tienden a centrarse en la cultura meta

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