Situating Moral and Cultural Values in ELT Materials

Presents locally-grounded moral and cultural values in respective Southeast Asian (SEA) countries

Provides new insights into how cultural and moral values are embedded in ELT materials

Is a practical and accessible guide for language curriculum designers, language textbook writers, and language teachers Gives empirical, conceptual and practical grounds for adding moral and cultural values to ELT materials
Sheds light on valuing locally-situated morality and culture while learning English as an additional language

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Introduction: Incorporating Cultural and Moral Values into ELT Materials: The Southeast Asian Context (SEA) by Handoyo Puji Widodo, Marianne Rachel Gutierrez Perfecto, Le Van Canh, & Adcharawan Buripakdi.- (East Timor) Addressing Sexual Moralities in ELT Materials: When Diverse Cultures Meet by Roslyn Appleby.- (The Philippines) Critiquing Culture in Reading Materials Used by ESL Private Middle Schools in the Philippines: A Critical Literacy Perspective by Marianne Rachel G. Perfecto & Michelle G. Paterno.- (Singapore) ELT Materials as Sites of Values Education: A Preliminary Observation of Secondary School Materials by Wu Siew Mei & Gene Segarra Navera.- (Malaysia) Analysing the Integration of Moral and Cultural Values through ELT Reading Materials in Malaysian ESL Classrooms by Gurnam Kaur Sidhu, Sarjit Kaur, & Chan Yuen Fook .- (Cambodia) A Sociocultural Analysis of Cambodian Teachers' Cognitions about Cultural Contents in an 'Internationally Imported' Textbook in a Tertiary English Learning Context by Sovannarith Lim & Chan Narith Keuk.- (Vietnam) A Critical Analysis of Moral Values in Vietnam-Produced EFL Textbooks for Upper Secondary Schools by Le Van Canh.- (Indonesia) A Critical Micro-semiotic Analysis of Values Depicted in the Indonesian Ministry of National Education-Endorsed Secondary School English Textbook by Handoyo Puji Widodo.- (Thailand) Integrating Moral Education into Language Education in Asia: Guidelines for Materials Writers by Saneh Thongrin.- Re-contextualizing ELT Materials: The Case of Southeast Asia (SEA) by Handoyo Puji Widodo, Marianne Rachel Gutierrez Perfecto, Le Van Canh, & Adcharawan Buripakdi. <p