Locally-developed vs. Global Textbooks: An Evaluation of Cultural Content in Textbooks Used in ELT in Malaysia

Adopting the Common European Framework Reference in ELT led the Malaysian Ministry of Education to replace locally developed textbooks with imported (global) coursebooks. Given the Malaysian English curriculum emphasis on learners’ intercultural skills, the question that arises is whether imported coursebooks meet local learners’ needs. The current study addresses this based on an analysis of the cultural content in English Form 1, a locally...