The influence of cultural bias on motivation to learn English: the case of Khoe primary school students in eastern Botswana  

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Magogwe, Joel Mokuedi

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Culture and Curriculum (Full Text) vol. 22 no. 1 (2009), page 1-13.
Topik: cultural bias; attitude; motivation; teaching; learning
Fulltext: 22.1.1-13.pdf (152.01KB)

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This study investigated the influence of cultural bias in the teaching of English and in the books used to teach English in primary schools attended by Khoe students in eastern Botswana. The study also explored the link between cultural bias and the attitudes and motivation of Khoe students learning English. One hundred and thirty-seven students completed an attitude and motivation questionnaire adapted from Gardner’s (1985) Attitude and Motivation Test Battery. In addition, five of the students and 12 teachers were interviewed to obtain their opinion on cultural bias in English textbooks. English language textbooks for Standards 4 –7 were analysed for culture bias, using Ndura’s (2004) investigation of such materials for invisibility, unreliability and stereotyping of learner cultures. The findings show that English language books are not culturally diverse, but this does not affect the attitude and motivation of the students to learn English. The study recommends that English books be reviewed to make them culturally inclusive, and teachers trained to adopt a multicultural attitude in their teaching of English.

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