SOME DETECTIONS REGARDING CULTURAL CODINGS IN 8TH GRADE ENGLISH EDUCATION MATERIAL IN TURKEY
SOME DETECTIONS REGARDING CULTURAL CODINGS IN 8TH GRADE ENGLISH EDUCATION MATERIAL IN TURKEY

Summary/Abstract: According to the realist approach, states act in line withtheir own interests. Therefore, in terms of economic,political, military and cultural terms, each state tries tostrengthen its position. In order to be stronger in terms ofculture, states are trying to transfer their cultures to othercultures. In this way, states want to create sympathy fortheir own culture. This will benefit them both in terms oftourism and qualified workforce. There are other positiveeffects of the fact that the culture of a country issympathized by other citizens of the country. Therefore,each country wants to coding its culture to the cultures ofother states. One of these cultural coding tools is foreignlanguage education. Foreign language education in Turkeyis mainly in English. English education is provided as aforeign language in primary and secondary educationinstitutions. In our study, the English education materialwas selected as an example of the 8th grade students ofprimary education as a sample. The special cultural codingelements in this material were identified. However, generalcultural coding elements were determined. Thisdetermination was analyzed comparatively with thegeneral cultural coding methods on the Voice of AmericaLearning English website.

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