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Nhi Hoa Mai; Nam Nhat Lien; Nguyen Huynh Trang – SAGE Open, 2024
English textbooks are the most pivotal learning materials in the EFL context. However, in Vietnam, English textbooks for general education are randomized by schools, which arouses a problem of whether they are equivalent for students to gain the same proficiency. This study attempts to report the differences in lexical demands and features,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Lijun Wei; Qianqian Xiu; Danhua Zhou; Zhonghou Wang; Jingying Wang; Huijuan Yang – SAGE Open, 2024
Mathematical modeling plays an important role in improving students' interests and attitudes in reasoning, communicating and solving problems. In order to understand modeling in the popular mathematics textbooks for primary schools in China, this study developed a modeling framework for K-12 mathematics textbooks, and used content analysis method…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Wang, Xiaoli; Jiang, Lianjiang; Fang, Fan; Elyas, Tariq – SAGE Open, 2021
The concept of intercultural communication has become a focus in English language teaching (ELT) against the backdrop of globalization, as English is now used as a lingua franca (ELF) among people with different first languages (L1s). However, the current linguistic landscape of ELF does not reflect well in ELT practices in which native speakerism…
Descriptors: Language Role, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Alimorad, Zahra – SAGE Open, 2016
Due to the crucial role textbooks play in any educational system, an urgent need is felt to examine, evaluate, and choose the most suitable ones available. This study is an attempt to critically examine and uncover the hidden curriculum in First Certificate Masterclass (FCM) that is taught at Navid institute in Iran. To this aim, FCM was deeply…
Descriptors: Social Values, Textbook Evaluation, Hidden Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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Campbell, John L.; Campbell, Robert H.; Longrigg, Jean; Boyes, Cath – SAGE Open, 2015
A three-country study was undertaken to assess the educational efficacy of two textbooks authored by the researcher. The same texts were distributed to groups of student nurses in the United Kingdom, Cambodia, and Kenya. A data collection tool was developed to obtain quantitative data and to ask open-ended questions on how useful readers found the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Textbook Evaluation, Nursing Education
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Rashidi, Nasser; Ghaedsharafi, Shiva – SAGE Open, 2015
The current study aims at identifying particular ways through which social actors are represented in Summit Series ELT textbooks. It examines cultural load in the textbooks within critical discourse analysis framework, in this case van Leeuwen's framework. Particularly, the study attempts to explore if values, norms, and roles are…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Textbooks