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标题：Critical content analysis of English textbooks used in the Iranian education system: Focusing on ELF features
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作者：Ahmad Asakereh ; Nouroddin Yousofi ; Hiwa Weisi 等
期刊名称：Issues in educational research
印刷版ISSN：0313-7155
电子版ISSN：1837-6290
出版年度：2019
卷号：29
期号：4
页码：1016-1038
出版社：Australian Institutes for Educational Research
摘要：This study examines the listening and speaking activities of ELT textbooks adopted inIranian junior and senior high schools, namely the Prospect and Vision series, withreference to English as a lingua franca (ELF) features. To do so, the researchers analysedthe textbooks’ activities against ELF criteria adopted from Caleffi’s study (2016). Theresults of the critical content analysis revealed that the textbooks do not providesufficient exposure to a variety of situational contexts, characters, and cultural elements,and do not provide sufficient opportunities for English teachers to implement the sociolinguisticand socio-cultural realities of the English language in their English classes. Thisseems to have resulted in unrealistic and unauthentic presentations of English in thetextbook series. The findings can encourage national and international ELT textbookdesigners to eschew a fixed and monolithic approach to the English language and makemore extensive use of ELF-informed materials in ELT textbooks.