Dil, Ders, Aile: İngilizce Ders Kitaplarında Ailenin Temsiline Eleştirel Bir Bakış

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 26 Sayı: Özel Sayı, 1532 - 1545, 30.12.2025

Hacer Kaçar

Öz

Ders kitapları, dil öğretimi ve kültür aktarımı için çok önemli araçlardır ve öğrencilerin sosyal yapıları, özellikle de aile kavramını nasıl gördükleri üzerinde büyük etkiye sahiptir. Bu çalışma, Türkiye'deki devlet ilkokullarında resmi olarak kullanılan üçüncü sınıf İngilizce ders kitabı ve etkinlik kitabındaki aile tasvirini incelemektedir. Araştırma, aile temsillerindeki baskın kalıpları belirlemek için eleştirel söylem teorisi rehberliğinde nitel bir içerik analizi metodolojisi kullanarak metinsel ve görsel içeriği analiz etmektedir. Bulgulara göre, alternatif aile modelleri veya kültürel çeşitlilik çok az temsil edilmekte, çoğunlukla çekirdek aile kalıpları tasvir edilmektedir. Çalışma, erken yaşta dil eğitiminde daha kapsayıcı ve eleştirel bir şekilde kurgulanmış içeriğin gerekliliğini savunmakta ve ders kitaplarının dil öğreniminin ötesinde oynadığı daha geniş bağlamsal role dikkat çekmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

İngilizce ders kitapları , aile temsili , dil öğrenimi

Language, Lesson, Family: A Critical Overview of Family Representation in English Textbooks

Öz

Textbooks are crucial mediums for teaching language and transmitting culture, with great influence on how students view social constructs, specifically the notion of family. This paper explores the portrayal of family in the third grade English textbook and activity book officially used in Turkish state primary schools. The research analyses textual and visual content using a qualitative content analysis methodology guided by critical discourse theory to identify dominant patterns in family representations. According to the findings, there is little representation of alternative family models or cultural diversity, mostly portraying nuclear family patterns. The study argues for more inclusive and critically constructed content in early language education and draws attention to the broader contextual role that textbooks play beyond language learning.

Anahtar Kelimeler

English textbooks , family representation , language learning

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