A content analysis of the cultural content of the reading texts and dialogues in action pack eight in light of the inclusion criterion

Abstract EN

The present study aims at analyzing the reading texts and the dialogues of the Student's Book of Action Pack Eight to determine to what extent the reading texts and the dialogues include the cultural content.

Frequencies and Percentages are used to present the results of the questions of the study.

The findings of the analysis revealed that the reading texts of the student's book in Action Pack Eight include all the cultural content: the target cultural content, the intercultural content, the Arab-Islamic cultural content and national (Jordanian) cultural content.

On the other hand, the dialogues of the student's book in Action Pack Eight include all the cultural content except the Arab-Islamic content.

In general, the presentation of Arab- Islamic content in Action Pack Eight is not sufficient although the General Guidelines tend to focus on the Arabic - Islamic culture to understand, appreciate and interact with people of different countries as well as Jordanian identity.