Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

The Cultural Analysis of Pictures of “Prospect 1”from theViewpoint of Turkish, Persian, and Kurdish (Kormanj) Students

Document Type : Research

Authors

Seyyed Mohammad Reza Adel
Fatemeh Talebian
Abstract
“Prospect 1” is a newly designed and published book for English learners at high schools in Iran. The authors’ aimhas been to localize the content, form, and pictures of the book based on the Iranian culture. In particular, the purpose of this study was to analyze the pictures of the book from the point of views of Turkish, Persian, and Kurdish (Kormanj) students. The instruments used in the study were a questioner designed and validated by the researchers and a semi-structured interview. One hundred eighty two subjects (48 Kurdish, 77 Turkish, and 57 Persianstudents) were chosen as the participants of the study. Using Chi square, the analysis of the results showed that some pictures were not appropriately selected and the learners showed differences in understanding and interpreting the meaning and purposes of these pictures. It was concluded that when selecting pictures, it is better to consider sub cultures in Iran, too.

Keywords

Keywords: Picture
Culture
Language
Turkish students
Persianstudents
Kurdish students

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 17 March 2015
  • Revise Date 19 November 2015
  • Accept Date 21 April 2015

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