1.6. Organisation of the thesis
This thesis contains six chapters. The first chapter, as
already stated, introduces the background, the terminology, the general aims,
the research questions, and the organisation of the thesis. The second chapter
deals with the various issues related to the global coursebook such as its
value, the position of culture in it, and the issue of representation. Chapter
Three is reserved for the explanations of the methodology of the study. It will
contain the organisation of the study, justification of the instruments, and
the methodology of the content analysis and the questionnaire.
The fourth chapter reports and discusses the results of the
analysis of the coursebook. Three sections constitute the discussion of the
findings. While the first section concerns the limits of inclusivity in
representation, the second section deals with the global coursebook and
cultural inappropriacy. In the third section the focus is on the issue of the
global coursebook and global connectedness.
In light of the literature review and the findings of the
content analysis the fifth chapter will shed light on the findings of the
questionnaire. The thesis concludes with a synthesis of the major findings and
a discussion of the contribution of the study, its limitations, and suggestions
for future research in the sixth chapter.
The starting point of this thesis will be to review the
literature on the issue of the global coursebook in terms of its value as
documented by researchers, the place of culture in it, and the question of
representation in order to provide theoretical foundations for the study. These
issues are considered important in ELT (English Language Teaching) global
coursebooks and for the present study, as they might influence learners'
perceptions as to these teaching materials.
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