Analysis of Cultural Presentation in High School English Textbooks and its Teaching Implications

Jingwen Yang; Yutong Yang

doi:10.54691/fse.v3i7.5318

Authors

Jingwen Yang
Yutong Yang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/fse.v3i7.5318

Keywords:

High School English Compulsory Textbooks; Cultural Presentation; Cultural Confidence; Cross-culture.

Abstract

The English Curriculum Standards for senior high schools put forward that English education should pay attention to cultivating students' cultural awareness and intercultural communication ability, help them learn, understand and appreciate Chinese and foreign excellent cultures, and strengthen their cultural self-confidence. As an important resource in English learning, teaching materials play an important role in cultivating students' cultural awareness and intercultural communication ability. This study uses the content analysis method and the Framework of Cultural Presentation in English Teaching Materials developed by Zhang Hong and other scholars to analyze the content and mode of cultural presentation in the new edition of FLTRP's senior high school English textbooks. Based on the analysis of the characteristics of the culture of compulsory English textbooks, this study discusses how teachers can better use the textbooks for cultural teaching in the stage of compulsory English courses in high school.

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