Situating Moral And Cultural Values In Elt Materials: The Southeast Asian Context (english Language Education)

"This volume accentuates how ELT materials can be a mediation of capitalizing on moral and cultural values, which are more locally-grounded in respective Southeast Asia (SEA) countries. It features critical studies on locally-produced ELT materials (textbooks) situated in the following SEA countries: Timor-Leste, The Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand. The chapters, written by experts who know the ELT context of their respective SEA country, critically examine the design and use of ELT materials widely used in local and national contexts. Thus, the volume provides fresh insight into how values are uniquely manifested in language classroom materials. The present text also brings together empirical, conceptual and practical grounds for incorporating moral and cultural values into ELT materials development in such a way that it views morality and culture as a mutually complementing entity. This much-needed volume will be a valuable resource for those interested in the design and use of language materials in culturally and linguistically diverse contexts, such as in the Asia Pacific, America, Africa, and Europe." -- Prové de l'editor Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Incorporating Cultural and Moral Values into ELT Materials in the Context of Southeast Asia (SEA) (Handoyo Puji Widodo, Marianne Rachel Perfecto, Le Van Canh, Adcharawan Buripakdi)....Pages 1-14 Addressing Sexual Moralities in ELT Materials: When Diverse Cultures Meet (Roslyn Appleby)....Pages 15-28 Critiquing Culture in Reading Materials Used by ESL Private Middle Schools in the Philippines: A Critical Literacy Perspective (Marianne Rachel Perfecto, Michelle G. Paterno)....Pages 29-49 ELT Materials as Sites of Values Education: A Preliminary Observation of Secondary School Materials (Siew Mei Wu, Gene Segarra Navera)....Pages 51-68 Analysing the Integration of Moral and Cultural Values through ELT Reading Materials in Malaysian ESL Classrooms (Gurnam Kaur Sidhu, Sarjit Kaur, Chan Yuen Fook)....Pages 69-85 A Sociocultural Analysis of Cambodian Teachers’ Cognitions about Cultural Contents in an ‘Internationally Imported’ Textbook in a Tertiary English Learning Context (Sovannarith Lim, Chan Narith Keuk)....Pages 87-110 A Critical Analysis of Moral Values in Vietnam-Produced EFL Textbooks for Upper Secondary Schools (Le Van Canh)....Pages 111-129 A Critical Micro-semiotic Analysis of Values Depicted in the Indonesian Ministry of National Education-Endorsed Secondary School English Textbook (Handoyo Puji Widodo)....Pages 131-152 Integrating Moral Education into Language Education in Asia: Guidelines for Materials Writers (Saneh Thongrin)....Pages 153-173 Re-contextualizing ELT Materials: The Case of Southeast Asia (SEA) (Handoyo Puji Widodo, Marianne Rachel Perfecto, Le Van Canh, Adcharawan Buripakdi)....Pages 175-188 Annotation This volume accentuates how ELT materials can be a mediation of capitalizing on moral and cultural values, which are more locally-grounded in respective Southeast Asia (SEA) countries. It features critical studies on locally-produced ELT materials (textbooks) situated in the following SEA countries: Timor-Leste, The Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand. The chapters, written by experts who know the ELT context of their respective SEA country, critically examine the design and use of ELT materials widely used in local and national contexts. Thus, the volume provides fresh insight into how values are uniquely manifested in language classroom materials. The present text also brings together empirical, conceptual and practical grounds for incorporating moral and cultural values into ELT materials development in such a way that it views morality and culture as a mutually complementing entity. This much-needed volume will be a valuable resource for those interested in the design and use of language materials in culturally and linguistically diverse contexts, such as in the Asia Pacific, America, Africa, and Europe