Cultural terms in EFL textbooks for young learners

  1. Andrés Canga Alonso 1
  2. María 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:
Encuentro: revista de investigación e innovación en la clase de idiomas

ISSN: 1989-0796

Año de publicación: 2021

Número: 29

Páginas: 90-103

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Este artículo analiza la sección Festivals/Culture de los cuatro libros de texto de inglés como lengua extranjera más utilizados en 6º de Educación Primaria en La Rioja (Norte de España) para examinar si (i) los festivales son un tema cubierto en el programa de estos cuatro materiales, (ii) los temas y los vocablos utilizados se refieren a celebraciones británicas y estadounidenses, representan festivales en otras comunidades de habla inglesa o aluden a la propia cultura de los estudiantes, y (iii) se incluyen canciones y rimas en los materiales y se relacionan con las celebraciones en ellos representadas. Los resultados muestran que los temas culturales más recurrentes son la vida cotidiana, los valores, las creencias y actitudes y las costumbres. En cuanto a los términos culturales, nuestra muestra presenta mayoritariamente referencias a la cultura de la lengua meta. Las canciones y las rimas forman parte de los materiales didácticos, pero apenas se relacionan con las fiestas abordadas. Estos datos parecen mostrar que los aspectos socioculturales están ganando importancia en los materiales para la enseñanza de la lengua inglesa en educación primaria, pero se centran principalmente en la cultura meta omitiendo referencias a la cultura en la que el alumnado desarrolla su aprendizaje.

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