National Identity Representation in the Newly Developed and Old High School English Language Textbooks

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 organization of educational and research planning

2 دبیر زبان انگلیسی

Abstract

National identity and education could be considered as the main constituents of humans’ personality. This article was designed to discuss the levels of national identity components represented in the newly developed high-school English Language textbook, “English for Schools: Prospect Series” in contrast to the old English Language textbook of the Ministry of Education “The Right Path to English”. The methods used for this purpose included a descriptive-analytic (documentary) research method and the content analysis. The research findings indicated that national identity components such as nation, culture, religion, geography, politics, ethnics and sub-cultures and national symbols are easily and richly observed among pictures and words of the newly-developed textbook. In addition, there was a significant difference between the new and old textbooks regarding the appearance of the constituents of national identity. The findings of this research could be applicable for authors and material developers in ministry of education in Iran.
 

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