An Evaluation of Global and Glocalized ELT Coursebooks: The Case of Glocalization in Slovenia as Seen in the Right on! Coursebook Series

Čuček, Tjaša (author), Skela, Janez (mentor)

The purpose of this master’s thesis is to explore the implications of the recently-emerged status of English as a lingua franca within the scope of traditional ELT materials development and design and propose a solution to the lowering of the efficacy of said materials through the incorporation of glocalizing principles as a standardized practice of contemporary coursebook production. The theoretical part aims to identify which traditional assumptions of ELT materials can be regarded as ineffective due to the positioning of English as a lingua franca and simultaneously strives to either confirm or refute a hypothesis suggesting that the endorsement of general glocalizing processes in coursebook production can mitigate the onset of these issues. The empirical part of the study features an example of such glocalization as highlighted through the adaptation of the global Right on! coursebook series to the Slovenian context. Based on thorough theoretical research and an in-depth analysis of glocalized Right on! coursebooks, complemented by a side-by-side comparison of both global and glocalized coursebook units, a conclusion has been made arguing in favour of utilizing glocalization as a part of standardized practice in ELT materials development and design.

• Language: English
• Keywords: ELT coursebooks, English as a lingua franca, glocalization, coursebook series Right on!, primary school
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 2022
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-140321
• COBISS.SI-ID: 123656451
• Publication date in RUL: 14.09.2022

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Ovrednotenje globalnih in glokaliziranih učbenikov za poučevanje angleščine: primer glokalizacije v Sloveniji v okviru učbeniške serije Right on!

Abstract

Namen tega magistrskega dela je raziskati posledice, ki jih v okviru tradicionalnega razvijanja in oblikovanja gradiv za poučevanje angleščine prinaša razmeroma nov status angleščine kot lingue france in predlagati rešitev za zmanjšano učinkovitost tovrstnih gradiv z vključitvijo načel glokalizacije, ki predstavlja standardno prakso pri izdelavi sodobnih učbenikov. Cilj teoretičnega dela je ugotoviti, katere tradicionalne predpostavke o gradivih za poučevanje angleščine lahko zaradi položaja angleščine kot lingue france štejemo za neučinkovite in hkrati potrditi ali ovreči hipotezo, ki predpostavlja, da lahko vključitev splošnih glokalizacijskih postopkov pri izdelavi učbenikov ublaži nastanek teh težav. V empiričnem delu študije je predstavljen primer takšne glokalizacije na podlagi prilagoditve globalne serije učbenikov Right on! slovenskim razmeram. Izhajajoč iz temeljite teoretične raziskave in poglobljene analize glokaliziranih učbenikov Right on!, dopolnjene z medsebojno primerjavo globalnih in glokaliziranih učbeniških enot, je bil oblikovan sklep, ki govori v prid uporabe glokalizacije kot dela standardizirane prakse pri razvijanju in oblikovanju gradiv za poučevanje angleščine.

• Keywords: učbeniki za pouk angleščine, angleščina kot lingua franca, glokalizacija, učbeniška serija Right on!, osnovna šola