İran EFL Liselerinin Ders Kitabı, Vizyon 1'de Kültürel Öğelerin Temsili

İngilizce tüm dünyada iletişim dili haline gelmiştir. Bunun anlamı, farklı dillerdeki konuşmacıların farklı durumlarda birbirleriyle etkileşim kurmak için bu dili kullandıklarıdır. Ancak İngilizce konuşan kişiler farklı ülkelerden ve kültürlerden insanlarla karşılaşabilirler. Bu nedenle, başarılı bir dil iletişimcisi olabilmek için, öğrencilerin çeşitli ülkelerin adetleri, gelenekleri ve kültürleri hakkında bilgi sahibi olmaları gerekir. Bu bilgiler ışığında Azimzadeh’in (2020) doktora çalışmasından bir kesit içeren bu çalışmanın temel amacı, İran lise müfredatlarında kullanılan İngilizce ders kitabının kültürel unsurlarını incelemektir. Bu doğrultuda, İngilizce ders kitabında temsil edilen kültürlerin coğrafi kökenlerini belirlemek için Kachru’nın (1986) modeli kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonuçları, İran'ın kültürel içeriklerinin incelenen İngilizce ders kitaplarının kültürel içeriklerine hâkim olduğunu göstermiştir.

Representation of Cultural Elements in Iranian EFL High schools’ Textbook, Vision 1

English language has now become the language of international communication all over the world. It means that speakers of different languages use it to interact with each other in diverse situations. Thus, speakers of English language may encounter with people of different cultures from various countries. Therefore, to be a successful language communicator, learners should have information about the customs, traditions, and beliefs of various countries. Hence, the main purpose of this study, a part of Azimzadeh’s dissertation (2020) conducted in Cukurova University, is to discover the cultural contents of English language textbook that is being used in high schools in Iran. Kachru’s (1986) model has been used to determine the geographical origins of the cultures which were represented in this textbook. The results of the study show that the cultural contents of Iran dominated the cultural subjects of English language textbook.

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