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Alle kleuren van de regenboog? Representaties van gender- en etnische diversiteit in NVT-lesboeken

Koster, Dietha; Nuriah, Zahroh; Pot, Anna; Sas, Christine; Zegers, Twan; (2023) Alle kleuren van de regenboog? Representaties van gender- en etnische diversiteit in NVT-lesboeken. Internationale Neerlandistiek , 61 (2) pp. 139-160. 10.5117/IN2023.2.003.KOST. Green open access

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Abstract

Textbooks constitute important learning tools in foreign language education and should depict ethnic and gender diversity (UNESCO, 2017). This paper responds to calls for intersectional textbook research and addresses the following question: How diverse are representations of wo/men of colour and white wo/men in Dutch language and culture textbooks? We performed content analysis of six frequently used textbooks for learning Dutch, examining pictures, texts and (audio-recorded) dialogues. Results show an underrepresentation of people of colour (PoC) in comparison to demographic statistics. PoC are featured in a limited range of low-status roles, countries and cities are Euro- and Netherlands centric, and there is little variety in terms of accented speech in dialogues. In addition, non-native speakers utter sentences that frame them as dependent. An exception to these tendencies is the textbook Contact 1 (2019), which presents alternative, more inclusive ‘realities’. Our paper builds on the body of (Anglocentric) textbook research from a cultural studies’ perspective, helps determine the degree to which educational materials meet diversity demands in language education policies, and discusses what alternative ‘realities’ could arise in Dutch textbooks.

Type: Article
Title: Alle kleuren van de regenboog? Representaties van gender- en etnische diversiteit in NVT-lesboeken
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.5117/IN2023.2.003.KOST
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.5117/IN2023.2.003.KOST
Language: Dutch
Additional information: Creative Commons license: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Keywords: Language education, intersectionality, linguistic diversity, textbook research, cultural studies
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10191311
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