The research is carried out to determine multiculturalism in foreign language education. For this purpose "Yedi Iklim Turkish Teaching Set" is used and in order to evaluate multiculturalism in English teaching "English File English Teaching Set" is used. What is in common for English File English and Yedi Iklim Turkish…

The present study was undertaken in order to analyze two elementary school coursebooks in terms of their intercultural content. The analysis was based upon Yuen's (2011) framework, which comprises of products, practices, perspectives, and persons. The category of products involves tangible products such as books or paintings as well as abstract…

Recent research has revealed that the relationship between language and culture stands out as an important factor in language teaching. The purpose of this study was to examine the cultural content of ninth-grade textbooks used in teaching English based on the WorldReadiness Standards for Learning Languages (WRSLL), and also from teachers'…

A multicultural social studies text for junior high school students of Chinese as a second language is presented. This level two text is designed for the Chinese Bilingual Pilot Program sponsored through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title VII. The book consists of 25 lessons with no more than 50 characters each. Each lesson has a…

This catalog provides price lists and order forms for State-adopted instructional materials for Bilingual/Bicultural and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs in the State of California. The catalog lists publications available from the California State Department of Education. Names of publishers, copyright date, grade levels, term/year,…

A teacher's French-English guide to a cultural module that is designed to provide introductory reading materials for students of French as a second language is presented. The module, "La Fete de la Ste-Catherine," aims: (1) to develop an awareness in the students of a few of the special events that reflect the multicultural nature of…

The manual includes teacher instructions and learning activities for a transitional, bilingual program of English as a Second Language (ESL). The program, which is aimed at elementary to college-age Spanish-speaking students from Mexico, Central America, and South America, uses soccer as a motivating cultural force. The ESL program is designed to…

This book consists of a collection of stories written by adults who attend a bilingual ESL (English as a Second Language) program co-sponsored by the Toronto Board of Education and Chinese Information and Community Services. All the writings deal with Chinese culture but the book may be used by people of diverse backgrounds and of varying levels…

This manual provides specific lesson plans for teaching life skills and literacy to adult beginning readers and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. It includes four curricular sections: Focus on Language Arts, Focus on Life Skills and Literacy, Focus on Holidays and Observances and Focus on Survival Math. A total of 95 topics are…

The incorporation of multicultural content in to English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) instruction is discussed. First, the international role of English is examined, and the sociopolitical nature of language is reviewed. Cultural components of language learning are noted in the areas of discourse,…