Representations of the World in Language Textbooks

This book presents a new and comprehensive framework for the analysis of representations of culture, society and the world in textbooks for foreign and second language learning. It points to the need for language learning materials to deal seriously with knowledge about the world, including its diversities and problems.

About the author

Karen Risager is Professor Emerita in Cultural Encounters at Roskilde University, Denmark. She is the author of Language and Culture Pedagogy: From a National to a Transnational Paradigm (Multilingual Matters, 2007).

Summary

This book presents a new and comprehensive framework for the analysis of representations of culture, society and the world in textbooks for foreign and second language learning. It points to the need for language learning materials to deal seriously with knowledge about the world, including its diversities and problems.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Risager
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781783099542
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-954-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 406 g
• Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education; Languages for Intercultural Co; Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)