ǂan ǂanalysis of the intercultural element in textbooks
Eva Hršak (Author), Urška Sešek (Mentor), Kirsten Hempkin (Co-mentor)

Abstract

Our thesis begins by discussing the concept of culture. Next, it considers the importance of incorporating culture into foreign language teaching and developing intercultural communicative competence. We have discovered that culture is an inevitable part of our everyday lives. It shapes our identities and helps in explaining our actions. Therefore, being unaware of the characteristics of other cultures may result in misunderstandings. As teachers, we must be aware of the importance of culture and should be able to familiarize our learners with its elements. By incorporating elements of culture into lessons, our learners will not only become competent English speakers, but will also know how to appropriately and effectively adjust to a variety of situations, and how to maintain and establish personal relationships. In the empirical section of the thesis, we have studied primary and secondary school English teachers' views on teaching culture. The results showed that the teachers are aware of the importance of culture teaching since all the participants include various cultural elements into their English lessons. In addition, we have analysed the eight most frequently used English textbooks the teachers use in Slovenia in terms of the cultural elements they contain. We have decided to analyse textbooks as the main resource for teaching culture since textbooks are an indispensable and also a mandatory resource for every English teacher. The analysis showed that the textbooks contain a variety of cultural elements and are taught with the help of multiple strategies.

Keywords

master theses;culture;teaching culture;English as a foreign language;intercultural competence;textbooks;

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Language: English
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Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization: UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher: [E. Hršak]
UDC: 811.111'243:37.091.3(043.2)
COBISS: 27283459 Link will open in a new window
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary title: Poučevanje kulture skozi angleščino v slovenskih osnovnih in srednjih šolah: analiza medkulturnih prvin v učbenikih
Secondary abstract: Naše magistrsko delo se prične z opisom in definiranjem pojma kultura. Zatem smo se osredotočili na pomembnost vključevanja kulture v pouk angleščine, in s tem povezanim razvijanjem interkulturnih (komunikacijskih) kompetenc. Ugotovili smo, da je kultura nepogrešljiv del našega vsakdana, ki pomembno vpliva na razvoj naše identitete in pomaga pri obrazložitvi naših dejanj. Nepoznavanje karakteristik drugih kultur lahko posledično rezultira v konfliktih. Kot učitelji se moremo zavedati pomena kulture in svoje učence spoznavati z le-to in njenimi elementi. S samim vključevanjem elementov kulture v pouk angleščine naši učenci ne bodo postali le kompetentni govorci, ampak se bodo tudi naučili primerno in efektivno prilagajati na različne okoliščine ter vzpostavljati in ohranjati medosebne odnose. V empiričnem delu smo analizirali mnenja osnovnošolskih in srednješolskih učiteljev angleščine glede poučevanja kulture. Rezultati so pokazali, da se učitelji v veliki meri zavedajo pomena poučevanja kulture, saj vsi sodelujoči vključujejo različne kulturne elemente v njihove učne ure angleščine. V sklopu empiričnega dela smo prav tako analizirali osem najpogosteje uporabljenih učbenikov za pouk angleščine v Sloveniji. Za analizo učbenikov, kot glavnega vira za poučevanje kulture, smo se odločili, saj so le-ti nepogrešljiv in tudi obvezen didaktični pripomoček vsakega učitelja angleščine. V analizi nas je zanimalo, kakšne in koliko kulturnih elementov le-ti vsebujejo. S pomočjo analize smo ugotovili, da vsi učbeniki vsebujejo število kulturnih elementov in so posredovani s pomočjo več strategij.
Secondary keywords: magistrska dela;kultura;poučevanje kulture;angleščina kot tuji jezik;interkulturne kompetence;učbeniki;
Type (COBISS): Master's thesis/paper
Thesis comment: Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko
Pages: XIII, 71 str.
ID: 11191034