Volume 18, No. 6, 2021
Impact Of English Language Textbooks On Intercultural Communicative Competence
Muhammad Yasin , Abdul Momin , Dr. Noveen Javed
Abstract
The present study aims to find out the elements of the foreign culture in the English Textbooks being taught at Intermediate level in the Punjab (Pakistan)and to see how the content of English Textbooks affect the Intercultural Communicative Competence of the English language learners in EFL/ELS classes. This research is qualitative in design and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) Model has been employed to find out the socio-cultural elements in the English Textbooks. The data of the research is the randomly selected text of the English Textbook-1 which is taught in the public colleges of the Punjab at Intermediate level. It is often supposed that the English textbooks are designed and added to the curriculum of the non-native speakers of English to enable them learn English as a foreign language. This study focuses to find the elements of the foreign culture. Some randomly selected chunks from the English Textbook-1 have been analyzed on textual and contextual levels to find out the aspects of the target culture in it.
Pages: 6534-6544
Keywords: EFL, Intercultural, Communicative Competence, Suitability, Teaching Materials.