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- Title
Representation of Culture and Gender in English for Today at Higher Secondary Level in Bangladesh.
- Authors
Ferdus, Masnadul
- Abstract
Culture and Gender are the unique attributes of a particular group of people, distinct in everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music, arts, and lifestyle. Thus, culture finds expression in language; as such, learning a new language without familiarity with its culture retards the learning process. This study investigates the representation of gender and culture in English for Today, the language textbook for the H.S.C level and tries to find out its impact on English language learning. Its importance in everyday life is immeasurable as can be seen by its unofficial status of the second language in Bangladesh. The government has mandated twelve years of learning of the language. Unfortunately, this mandate has not been translated to concrete results and the overall standard of the L2 in our country has remained appalling. To collect relevant data, the researcher has used mixed method (both qualitative and quantitative methods). As research tools of data collection, teachers' interviews, and questionnaire survey have been included. After collecting data, they have been analyzed. The findings show that the representation of gender and culture in English for Today textbook at the HSC level is well-balanced but whatever outcome we see or find in terms of language learning is not the product of the textbook rather a predigested guidebook.
- Subjects
ENGLISH as a foreign language; ENGLISH language education; EDUCATIONAL planning; ENGLISH language textbooks
- Publication
Language in India, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 8, p174
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article