Localising the local culture in the Algerian second generation middle school textbooks

Abstract EN

The present mixed-method study aimed to explore whether the second-generation Algerian middle school textbooks included the representation of the local culture.

the second concern of the study was how teachers in the area of mascara cope with a diverse Algerian range of cultural practices.

in this vein, the local cultural content was classified in compliance with Byram's (1993) framework for textbooks' cultural content evaluation.

24 teachers from 5 middle schools responded to a questionnaire and an interview.

the results revealed that the local culture took the biggest share in the series and that localising the local content with references to the learners' area is a common practice in the 5 schools.