Cultural awareness in TESOL student and teacher material

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The aim of this thesis is a qualitative examination of TESOL material, specifically NewHeadway Advanced [NHA] -3rd Edition (Soars & Soars: 2002), and the degree towhich Cultural Awareness [CA] is present in the material. CA is herein defined asthe use of empathy to explicitly examine the contextual variations which giverise to different languages and cultures with the aim of avoiding stereotypesand promoting a mediated third linguistic and cultural place whichincorporates the variations of context inherent in a student's L1 and WEs.The thesis provides an overview of TESOL methodology together with issues arisingfrom postmethod views of TESOL. Qualifications for ESOL teachers, namely the CELTAand Cert.TESOL, are also examined with specific attention to their inclusion ofreferences to CA. The examination of NHA is carried out with the use of Hofstede &Bond's (1980) Dimensions of Cultural Variability to provide a dimensional profile ofNHA. Finally there is a discussion of the extent to which CA is present in NHA andrecommendations for the future development of ESOL and TESOL material.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University