Abstract
In recent years, global coursebooks – described by Gray as ‘that genre of textbook which is produced as part of an incremental English language course designed for the global market’ (Gray, 2015, p. 1) – have been criticised for various reasons, including a tendency to present uncritically a worldview within their content that does not adequately address the issues of inclusion and representation. The purpose of this presentation was to use findings from a recent study (Brown and Nanguy, 2021) to examine whether such materials are in fact discriminatory in their representation of people with specific characteristics are represented, particularly with regard to the Scottish ESOL context.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | IATEFL 2022 Conference Selections |
Subtitle of host publication | 54th International Conference, Belfast, 17-20 May 2022 |
Editors | Deborah Bullock |
Publisher | IATEFL |
Publication status | Accepted/In press - 8 Jan 2023 |
Event | 55th International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition for English Language Teaching Professionals - ICC Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 17 May 2022 → 20 May 2022 https://issuu.com/iatefl/docs/2022_conference_programme_-_digital?fr=sNzQ0MDQ5MzY0Mjg (Conference programme.) https://www.iateflconference.org/about-the-conference/past-future-conferences (List of past conferences.) |
Conference
Conference | 55th International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition for English Language Teaching Professionals |
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Abbreviated title | IATEFL Belfast 2022 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Belfast |
Period | 17/05/22 → 20/05/22 |
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Keywords
- ESOL
- global coursebooks
- ELT
- Equality Act