Textbook English

• Titel: Textbook English
• Titelzusatz: a multi-dimensional approach
• Mitwirkende: Le Foll, Elen [VerfasserIn]
• Verf.angabe: Elen Le Foll (University of Cologne)
• Verlagsort: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia
• Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 294 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Studies in corpus linguistics ; volume 116
• ISBN: 978-90-272-4680-6
• DOI: doi:10.1075/scl.116
• Schlagwörter: (s)Schulbuch / (s)Curriculum / (s)Englischunterricht / (s)Lehrerbildung
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Le Foll, Elen: Textbook English. - Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2024. - XVIII, 294 Seiten
• K10plus-PPN: 1898043965
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

This book provides a systematic, empirical account of the language typically presented in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks, based on a large corpus of EFL textbooks used in secondary schools. A modified version of the Multi-Dimensional Analysis (MDA) framework serves to examine linguistic variation both within textbooks and compared to corpora representing 'real-life' English as used outside the EFL classroom. The characteristics of Textbook English that define it as a distinct variety of English are highlighted. Considering their pedagogical implications, this book proposes various corpus-based approaches to improve the naturalness of textbook texts. It also contributes to advancing quantitative corpus linguistics methodology: its detailed online supplements aim for maximum methodological transparency and reproducibility in line with the principles of Open Science. This book will be of interest to linguistics and language education students and researchers, as well as EFL teachers, textbook authors and editors, and those involved in curriculum development and teacher training.