Abstract: Language is not only a tool of communiqué, but it is a clue to discover the culture. It allows the learner to discover how other people in other cultures believe, think, and live within their societies. Besides, culture and language are two topics linked in every ELT textbook. In Morocco, the English language is considered a foreign language that students’ study from the secondary school until they graduate from high school. This study investigates the cultural contents, aspects, and categories of the Moroccan ELT textbook TICKET1. This study was conducted by employing qualitative data, particularly analyzing the cultural contents of TICKET ELT textbooks. It analyses the written and visual texts in ELT textbook «ticket 1" adopted by the ministry of education in Morocco in 2018. The results reveal that source culture is dominant, followed by the target culture, then the international culture in the ELT textbooks. In addition, the cultural standards presented in the textbook show how the cultural patterns help present culture in the Moroccan ELT textbook. In addition,
Keywords: culture reference, ELT textbooks, language, culture, big culture,a little culture.
Title: An Analysis of Cultural Types and Categories in Moroccan ELT Textbooks: Primary School Case
Author: Hafsa Krych, EYYUP YAŞAR KÜRÜM
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 10, Issue 2, April 2022 - June 2022
Page No: 149-159
Research Publish Journals
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Published date: 09-May-2022
Amendment Date: 21-July-2022
