ScholarWorks@숙명여자대학교

초록

The primary aim of this study is to analyze how well the new high school textbooks reflect the newly revised or added cultural aspects manifested by The Revised 7th National Curriculum by the Ministry of Education (MOE, 2007) in their new books, specifically, mainly about International Target Culture content which is newly inserted from this curriculum. It enlarges the culture content to the world various cultures rather than setting limit to the only target culture, English speaking countries, so that learners can understand the difference between Korean culture and other cultures. In this study, five high school English textbooks out of the fifteen authorized ones are examined by the Ministry of Education; three most popular textbooks and two other chosen textbooks for this study. Three research questions for this study are: first, how much international target culture contents are used second, how various international target culture contents are used third, how international target culture content is introduced. The findings suggest that the publishers of the textbooks should be well-informed and figure out what the curriculum wants them to have in their English textbooks and try to reflect them systematically. In addition, in the stage of publishing the textbooks as providers of cultural information, culture contents should be taken into careful consideration in making textbooks. Lastly, the teachers should put more efforts in selecting the proper textbook and they should try to reorganize the textbook considering their educational circumstance while using it.

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