Representations of the World in Language Textbooks

• Main Author: Risager, Karen
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol Channel View Publications 08.01.2018; Multilingual Matters
• Edition: 1
• Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
• Subjects: Anthropology; Artificial Languages; Change Strategies; Citizenship Education; CJA; Community Study; critical cultural awareness; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Education; Cultural pluralism in textbooks; Cultural studies; Culture; culture in language learning; English (Second Language); Estudios culturales; Ethnic groups & multicultural studies; Ethnische Minderheiten und multikulturelle Gesells; Evaluation; Fremdsprachendidaktik: Theorie und Methoden; French; German; Global Education; Indo European Languages; Instructional Materials; intercultural competence; International Studies; JBCC; JBSL1; Kulturwissenschaften; Language & Literature; Language and culture; Language and languages; Language and languages > Textbooks > Evaluation; language learning materials; Language teaching materials; Language teaching theory & methods; Minoranze etniche e studi multiculturali; Minorías étnicas y estudios multiculturales; Multicultural education; national stereotypes; Second Language Learning; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Sociology; Spanish; Studi culturali; Teoria e metodi dell'insegnamento delle lingue; Teoría y métodos de enseñanza de lenguas; Textbook analysis; Textbook Content; Textbooks; World Views; intercultural competence; culture in language learning; critical cultural awareness; Language teaching materials; language learning materials; national stereotypes; Textbook analysis
• ISBN: 9781783099542; 1783099542; 1783099550; 9781783099559
• DOI: 10.21832/9781783099566

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.