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Subject(s)

• Language and languages—Textbooks—Evaluation [Browse]
• Cultural pluralism in textbooks [Browse]
• Multicultural education [Browse]
• Language and culture [Browse]

Series

• Languages for intercultural communication and education ; 34. [More in this series]
• Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education

Summary note

This book presents a new and comprehensive framework for the analysis of representations of culture, society and the world in textbooks for foreign and second language learning. The framework is transferable to other kinds of learning materials and to other subjects. The framework distinguishes between five approaches: national studies, citizenship education studies, cultural studies, postcolonial studies and transnational studies. In a series of concrete analyses, the book illustrates how one can describe and uncover representations of the world in textbooks for English, German, French, Spanish, Danish and Esperanto. Each analysis is accompanied by suggestions of possible supplements and changes. The book points to the need for language learning materials to deal seriously with knowledge about the world, including its diversities and problems.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

Language note

In English.

Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• 1. Representations of the World
• 2. Culture in Textbook Analyses around the World
• 3. National Studies
• 4. Citizenship Education Studies
• 5. Cultural Studies
• 6. Postcolonial Studies
• 7. Transnational Studies
• 8. Conclusion
• Appendix 1: Textbooks Selected
• Appendix 2: Survey Corpus
• References
• Author Index
• Subject Index

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Other format(s)

Issued also in print.

ISBN

• 9781783099559
• 1783099550
• 9781783099573
• 1783099577

LCCN

2017041987

OCLC

1017751717

Doi

• 10.21832/9781783099566

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