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Indelible Coloniality and Emergent Decoloniality in Colombian-Authored EFL Textbooks: A Critical Content Analysis

Ikala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 2022
The use of Colombian-authored EFL textbooks as subalternation instruments, the instrumentalization of grammar and foreign methodologies, and the imperialism of a profit-driven publishing industry perpetuates colonial links.
Astrid Núñez Pardo
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Learner Perspective on English Pronunciation Teaching in an EFL Context [PDF]

, 2013
On the basis of the findings, the learners do not seem to have aspirations to native-like pronunciation, but rather aim at achieving intelligible and fluent speech. Only few reported an accent preference (British or American).
Breitkreutz, Breitkreutz, Burgess, Burgess, Celce, Celce, Cenoz, Cenoz, Cunningham, Cunningham, Cunningsworth, Cunningsworth, Dalton, Dalton, Denzin, Denzin, Derwing, Derwing, Elina Tergujeff, Fontana, Fontana, Foote, Foote, Fraser, Fraser, Gilbert, Gilbert, Henderson, Henderson, Iivonen, Iivonen, Iivonen, Iivonen, Janicka, Janicka, Jenkins, Jenkins, Jones, Jones, Kachru, Kachru, Kumpulainen, Kumpulainen, Kvale, Kvale, Kääntä, Kääntä, Leppänen, Leppänen, Lintunen, Lintunen, Luukka, Luukka, Macdonald, Macdonald, Morley, Morley, Pihko, Pihko, Purcell, Purcell, Saito, Saito, Suomi, Suomi, Suter, Suter, Tergujeff, Tergujeff, Tergujeff, Tergujeff, Tergujeff, Tergujeff, Waniek, Waniek, Waniek, Waniek, Waniek, Waniek, Wells, Wells   +80 more
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Gendered Representations of Male and Female Social Actors in Iranian Educational Materials [PDF]

, 2016
This research investigates the representations of gendered social actors within the subversionary discourse of equal educational opportunities for males and females in Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) books.
A Fast, A Ferdows, A Goddard, A Weatherall, Ali Salami, Amir Ghajarieh, B Davies, B Francis, B Ryan, B Thorne, Centre for Women’s Participation [CFWP], E Babaii, F Moghadam, G Mehran, IS Markham, J Holmes, J Holmes, J Sunderland, J Taxel, J Williams, JR Touba, K Mahmood, LH Pololi, M Humm, M Mayer, M Muys, MR Cherland, N Fairclough, N Fairclough, N Fairclough, N Fairclough, N Fairclough, P Birjandi, P Birjandi, P Birjandi, PJ Higgins, R Francoeur, R Wodak, R Wodak, RL Blumberg, S Haeri, S Hamdan, S Paivandi, S Seidman, S Vakil, T Leeuwen Van, T Leeuwen Van, T Pels, TA Dijk van, Z Mir-Hosseini, Z Stange   +50 more
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Lexical Bundles in Indonesian EFL Textbooks: A Corpus Analysis

Journal of Language and Education, 2023
Background. Lexical bundles in textbooks are of paramount importance in foreign language learning. They provide a framework for new vocabulary acquisition and help to build fluency.
Priyatno Ardi, Yacinta Dinda Oktafiani, Nugraheni Widianingtyas, Olga V. Dekhnich , Utami Widiati   +4 more
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Arab EFL Learners' Acquisition of Modals [PDF]

, 2009
This paper investigates Arab EFL learners' acquisition of modal verbs. The study used a questionnaire, which comprises two versions, testing students' mastery of modals at the levels of both recognition and production.
Saeed, Aziz
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Contribution of English Textbooks to an EFL Curriculum and Teachers’ Professional Identity: The Case of Four EFL Teachers and a Private Language School in Iran [PDF]

Applied Research on English Language, 2021
Driven by Beijaard, Verloop and Vermunt’s (2000) theory of Professional Identity (PI), this study aims to investigate teachers’ perception of their PI in relation to the English textbooks they use in EFL classes.
Elaheh Tavakoli
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Cultural Representation in EFL Textbooks for the Seventh Graders: A Multimodal Analysis

Lingua Cultura, 2021
The research aimed to investigate a types of cultures represented in the EFL textbooks for the seventh graders. Two EFL textbooks were analyzed: ‘When English Rings a Bell’ and ‘English on Sky 1’.
Fransiska Prihatiningsih, Ismail Petrus, Sary Silvhiany   +2 more
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Learning About the European Union in Times of Crisis: Portuguese Textbooks’ Normative Visions of European Citizenship

Journal of Social Science Education, 2018
Purpose: To investigate how EU related contents are represented in Portuguese upper secondary school textbooks of History and English as a Foreign Language (EFL).
Filipe Piedade, Norberto Ribeiro, Manuel Loff, Tiago Neves, Isabel Menezes   +4 more
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Los sitcoms como herramienta para el aprendizaje cultural en el aula de inglés [PDF]

, 2019
Con la llegada de la globalización y la consolidación definitiva del inglés como lengua internacional, el lugar de la cultura en el proceso de aprendizaje de esta lengua también ha cambiado.
Larrea Espinar, Angela María, Raigón Rodríguez, Antonio R.   +1 more
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Learning activities in the context of Primary School EFL textbooks

Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica, 2019
Attaining the necessary fluency in the oral and written skills is one of the fundamental goals that EFL students need to pursue. Different activities in textbooks can have different explicit and implicit teaching loads depending on the type of knowledge ...
Joaquín Gris Roca
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