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Reconceptualizing textbooks in culture teaching.
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This article offers an overview of mainstream approaches to culture in language teaching and proposes an alternative approach which conceptualizes the language textbook as a key participant in classroom conversations about culture. A case study illustrates the points made, showing how young learners challenged naturalized aspects of their culture through interaction with their language textbook.
Introduction
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Source: HighBeam Research, Reconceptualizing textbooks in culture teaching.