The Place of Literary Texts in Algerian EFL Textbooks (original) (raw)

2019

Abstract

English as a foreign language is taught in Algeria as compulsory subject of mainstream education both at the Middle and at Secondary schools. The materials used are locally designed and reflect the country’s adopted educational paradigm. The EFL textbooks, which are the main used materials, are actually subject to the Ministry of National Education approval. Every time, educational authorities introduce a reform of teaching approach or paradigm new textbooks are designed to reflect the change. The current paper accounts for a thorough evaluation of three EFL textbooks designed along three successive educational reforms in Algeria during the 1990’s and 2000’s. It looked at the teaching and cultural contents of Think it Over (1989), Comet (2001) and New Prospects (2007) with a special focus on the place of literary texts as tools for teaching the language and means of developing the learners’ cultural competence. It adopted a mixed methods research design combining between quantitativ...

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