Table 1 Frequency of references to inner circle countries
From: Representation of inner, outer and expanding circle varieties and cultures in global ELT textbooks
Book | Country | N | % | Target cultural themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Interchange Third Edition, Intermediate Book 2 | The US | 25 | 42.16 | Social, personal, arts, politics, environment |
Britain | 5 | Â | (General: travel, childhood, customs, personality, and predicaments, change, abilities and skills, countries, facts, experiences, movies and books, body language, emotions, future, giving advices and suggestions, invitations and excuses, describing people, museums, child prodigies, authors, wisdom, advice columns, lying and truth, etc.) | |
Australia | 3 | Â | ||
Canada | 2 | Â | (Specific: Statue of Liberty, New York City, LA, American sportsmen like Michael Jordan, Bill Gates, J.K. Rowling as a British author, Brighton city, traffic and official languages in Canada, many American actors and actresses including Kate Winslet, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Johnny Depp, etc.) | |
English Result Intermediate Book 3 | The US | 23 | 45.91 | Social, personal, art, politics, environment |
Britain | 12 |  | (General: people in one’s life, customs, family, friends and misunderstandings, people and places, tourism, describing objects, time, school, achievements, hospitality, education and career, feelings, preferences, music, countries and governments, stories and news, neighborhood, anecdote, fashion, applications, abilities, future, looks, conversations, advices, unreal situations, opinions, shopping habits, information, website recommendations, hopes and wishes, important decisions, morals, etc.) | |
Australia | 5 | Â | ||
Canada | 5 | Â | ||
(Specific Examples: Oxford, Big Ben, Burberry raincoats, British tourism business, Government buildings in US, finance in the UK, Prince William, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Diana, Utah State University; Shakespeare; Politics and main parties; etc.) | ||||
American English File Second Edition Book 3 | The US | 33 | 63.01 | Social, personal, art, politics, environment |
Britain | 10 | Â | (General: food, family, spending and saving money, changing lives, races, stereotypes, failure and success, modern manners, sports, movies, appearances, education, houses and ideal homes, shopping, lucky encounters, electronic devices, modern icons, crime, etc.) | |
Australia | 1 | Â | ||
Canada | 2 | Â | (Specific: US presidents and British prime ministers, summer festivals and parks in the UK, many references to London, sightseeing and luxury hotels in New York, American culture, Beatles, Bill Gates, John Lennon, etc.) |