Critical analysis of textbooks of Serbo-Croatian for foreigners

Tabula, Mirela

Critical analysis of textbooks of Serbo-Croatian for foreigners

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Tabula, M. Critical analysis of textbooks of Serbo-Croatian for foreigners. 2022. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54327

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Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the field of critical research of foreign language textbooks. The researchers in this field have thus far focused mainly on major global languages (with the exception of Catalan). The present study therefore seeks to explore to what extent are the teaching materials of small scope language(s) such as Serbo-Croatian embedded in the dominant ideologies of their historical contexts. Focusing on the topics related to the world of work, culture and gender the goal is to analyse the socio-economic image the teaching materials create. A critical analysis of the contents of three textbooks from different historical periods and regimes (market socialism and neoliberal capitalism) has revealed that the materials promote the values, characteristics and practices of the dominant ideologies and, in the case of contemporary textbooks, position learners as consumers.