In:Textbook English: A multi-dimensional approach
Elen Le Foll
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 116] 2024
► pp. 195–203
Chapter 8Discussion
What is Textbook English?
Published online: 25 July 2024
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.116.c8
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.116.c8
Article outline
- 8.1RQ1: How homogenous is Textbook English as a variety of English? Which factors mediate intra-textbook linguistic variation?
- 8.2RQ2: To what extent are French, German, and Spanish secondary school pupils confronted with varying English input via their textbooks?
- 8.3RQ3: To what extent is the language of current EFL textbooks used in secondary schools in France, Germany, and Spain
representative of ‘real-world’ English as used by native/proficient English speakers in similar communicative situations? To what extent
are some registers more faithfully represented than others?
- 8.3.1Representations of spoken, conversational English
in school EFL textbooks - 8.3.2Representations of informative texts in school EFL textbooks
- 8.3.3Representations of fiction in school EFL textbooks
- 8.3.1Representations of spoken, conversational English
- 8.4RQ4: What are the defining linguistic features that characterise Textbook English registers as compared to these target language registers? To what extent are these defining features stable across entire textbook series? To what extent are some specific to certain proficiency levels?
