Final Assessment Project

Name(s): .............................................................................................................................

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TASKS

Read The Cultural Content in EFL Textbooks and What Teachers Need to Do About It and do the
following activities. Remember, use your own words for this. Do not copy the ideas; plagiarism
will give you ZERO as a grade.

1. Why do students need to foster global cultural consciousness? (p. 168)

2. Prepare a graphic organizer or a summary about the main idea of: (pp. 168-170)

 Culture Involves Deep Culture, Not Only Surface Culture

 Culture Is Transformative, Not Only Static
 Culture Is Contentious, Not Only Congratulatory
 Culture Is Heterogeneous, Not Only Homogeneous

(It can be a chart, a diagram, a list of bullets. These organizers help us put information in
groups/categories and understand it better.)

3. Look at the table below. Analyze the content of the two units given which correspond to two
current textbooks. Use a separate table for each unit/textbook.

*Read Analysis Procedure (p.171) and Findings (p.171 - 176) to help you do the task. Please notice that the article
analyzes three entire books; you will analyze three units only.

a. MacMillan Global Unit 3

Surface Culture Deep Culture

(Includes: (Includes:
Aspect Static Transformative
Congratulatory Contentious
Homogeneous) Heterogeneous)

b. Focus 1 (British English) Unit 1

Aspect Surface Culture Deep Culture

(Includes: (Includes:
 Static Transformative
Congratulatory Contentious
Homogeneous) Heterogeneous)