1. Environmental Content in Intermediate English Textbooks and Lessons : master's thesisSaška Kurnik, 2023, magistrsko delo Opis: Environmental issues are nowadays an inevitable part of our lives. It is imperative we address them in order to prevent their further escalation and ensure a better future on our planet. English language teachers have a unique opportunity to touch upon this topic in their lessons since English, as a global language, is a means for discussing all globally relevant issues. This thesis focuses on the representation of environmental issues in intermediate English textbooks and lessons. We aim to highlight the significance of environmental issues and encourage teachers to promote environmental awareness and action in their students. We first provide theoretical background about environmental education, environmental issues, the connection between language teaching and the environment, as well as the inclusion of environmental content in English textbooks. In the empirical part of the thesis, we analyse 13 intermediate English textbooks in terms of environmental content and present interviews with five high-school English teachers about the extent to which environmental issues are integrated into their lessons.
Ključne besede: textbooks, environmental issues, English language teaching, environmental education
Objavljeno v DKUM: 04.03.2024; Ogledov: 283; Prenosov: 24
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2. Genre and Multimodality in Primary School EFL Textbooks : master's thesisSara Škerget, 2023, magistrsko delo Opis: The master's thesis examines the features of textual and visual material included in primary school EFL textbooks. The genre theory according to the Sydney School is introduced in the theoretical part. The features of authentic and simplified texts are also presented. The principles of discourse and multimodal analysis, which served as a basis for our analysis, are outlined. The analysis includes twenty texts with the accompanying visual material selected from the Messages (EFL) textbooks for lower-secondary students aged 11 to 14 years created by English authors Diana Goodey and Noel Goodey in cooperation with others. The study presented in this thesis focuses on the analysis of selected texts from these textbooks with regard to three dimensions of register: field, i.e., the entities, objects, concepts, and activities represented in the texts and their accompanying images; tone, i.e., the formality or informality of texts and images; and mode, i.e., the dependence of texts and images on the context. The study also examines the prevailing genres and text-image relations in the analysed material.
Ključne besede: textbooks, genres, multimodality, discourse analysis, English as a foreign language
Objavljeno v DKUM: 22.08.2023; Ogledov: 476; Prenosov: 46
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3. Spolni stereotipi v učbenikih angleščine: primerjava dveh izdaj serije učbenikov messages : master's thesisVeronika Mešić, 2022, magistrsko delo Opis: The Master’s Thesis focuses on gender stereotypes in English language coursebooks with special emphasis on the comparison between two editions of the coursebook series Messages. The analysis of coursebook series consists of descriptive, qualitative, and quantitative analysis of gender stereotypes in the linguistic (text) and visual (photographs, illustrations) forms. The Master’s Thesis classifies gender stereotypes as those instances in which women and men are portrayed stereotypically e. g. in their profession, through physical appearance, assumed binary traits etc. The found stereotypes are represented descriptively and statistically. Both editions of the coursebook series Messages are compared in terms of gender stereotypes in them. The findings of the study show an increase in gender stereotypes in the visual imagery between the two editions, unequal male to female characters ratio, and underrepresentation of women in occupational roles and activities.
Ključne besede: gender stereotypes, English language textbooks, coursebook analysis, Messages, sexism
Objavljeno v DKUM: 09.09.2022; Ogledov: 802; Prenosov: 146
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4. Teaching Culture Through English in Slovenian Primary and Secondary Schools: An Analysis of the Intercultural Element in TextbooksEva Hršak, 2019, magistrsko delo Opis: Our thesis begins by discussing the concept of culture. Next, it considers the importance of incorporating culture into foreign language teaching and developing intercultural communicative competence. We have discovered that culture is an inevitable part of our everyday lives. It shapes our identities and helps in explaining our actions. Therefore, being unaware of the characteristics of other cultures may result in misunderstandings. As teachers, we must be aware of the importance of culture and should be able to familiarize our learners with its elements. By incorporating elements of culture into lessons, our learners will not only become competent English speakers, but will also know how to appropriately and effectively adjust to a variety of situations, and how to maintain and establish personal relationships. In the empirical section of the thesis, we have studied primary and secondary school English teachers’ views on teaching culture. The results showed that the teachers are aware of the importance of culture teaching since all the participants include various cultural elements into their English lessons. In addition, we have analysed the eight most frequently used English textbooks the teachers use in Slovenia in terms of the cultural elements they contain. We have decided to analyse textbooks as the main resource for teaching culture since textbooks are an indispensable and also a mandatory resource for every English teacher. The analysis showed that the textbooks contain a variety of cultural elements and are taught with the help of multiple strategies.
Ključne besede: culture, teaching culture, English as a foreign language, intercultural competence, textbooks
Objavljeno v DKUM: 07.09.2020; Ogledov: 1673; Prenosov: 158
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5. Market leader : upper intermediate business EnglishDavid Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent, 2001, učbenik za višje in visoke šole Ključne besede: linguistics, English, business language, reading, skills, communication, international marketing, interpersonal relations, business successfulness, success of business operation, career success, job satisfaction, work, satisfaction, risk, electronic commerce, team work, financial business operation, consumer, customer, services, risk management, takeovers, mergers, business, future, textbooks, cases, case study, vocabularies
Objavljeno v DKUM: 01.06.2012; Ogledov: 2684; Prenosov: 95
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6. Market leader : intermediate business EnglishDavid Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent, 2001, učbenik za višje in visoke šole Ključne besede: linguistics, English, business language, reading, skills, communication, international marketing, interpersonal relations, business successfulness, success of business operation, career success, job satisfaction, work, satisfaction, risk, electronic commerce, team work, financial business operation, consumer, customer, services, risk management, takeovers, mergers, business, future, textbooks, cases, case study, vocabularies
Objavljeno v DKUM: 01.06.2012; Ogledov: 2698; Prenosov: 81
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