The Cultural Component in Textbooks for Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language in Cameroon: the Case of Nueva Didáctica del Español I

In this paper, we analyse the treatment of the cultural component in a textbook for teaching Spanish in secondary education in Cameroon. We ask ourselves which components of Hispanic and Cameroonian culture are included in the textbook under analysis and how they are treated. Our objective is to det...

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Autor principal: Kem-Mekah Kadzue, Oscar
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Publicado: Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humanidades. Instituto de Letras "Alfredo Veiravé" 2025
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Textbook
Cultural competence
Intercultural communicative competence
Cameroon
ELE
libro de texto
competencia cultural
competencia comunicativa intercultural
Camerún
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8991
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spelling I48-R154-article-89912025-12-24T00:28:46Z The Cultural Component in Textbooks for Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language in Cameroon: the Case of Nueva Didáctica del Español I El componente cultural en los manuales para la enseñanza de ELE en Camerún: el caso de nueva didáctica del español I Kem-Mekah Kadzue, Oscar Textbook Cultural competence Intercultural communicative competence Cameroon ELE libro de texto competencia cultural competencia comunicativa intercultural Camerún ELE In this paper, we analyse the treatment of the cultural component in a textbook for teaching Spanish in secondary education in Cameroon. We ask ourselves which components of Hispanic and Cameroonian culture are included in the textbook under analysis and how they are treated. Our objective is to determine whether the cultural content present in the textbook under study is relevant and sufficient to enable teachers to develop their students' intercultural communication skills. Our findings show that we are still a long way from fully integrating the cultural component into the textbook analysed. We also observe that encyclopaedic cultural content predominates, to the detriment of the cultural patterns underlying communicative interactions that support reflection on one's own culture and that of the target language and promote the development of intercultural competence. En este trabajo analizamos el tratamiento del componente cultural en un manual para la enseñanza del español en la educación secundaria de Camerún. Nos preguntamos qué componentes de la cultura del mundo hispánico y del mundo camerunés vienen recogidos en el manual objeto de análisis y cómo están tratados. Nuestro objetivo es determinar si los contenidos culturales presentes en el libro de texto objeto de estudio son relevantes y suficientes como para permitir al profesorado desarrollar la competencia comunicativa intercultural del alumnado. Los resultados a los que llegamos demuestran que estamos aún muy lejos de la plena integración del componente cultural en el libro de texto analizado. Asimismo, se observa que los contenidos culturales de carácter enciclopédico son los más preponderantes en detrimento de las pautas culturales subyacentes en interacciones comunicativas que sustentan la reflexión sobre la cultura propia y la de la lengua meta, y favorecen el desarrollo de la competencia intercultural. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humanidades. Instituto de Letras "Alfredo Veiravé" 2025-12-24 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/xml application/zip https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8991 10.30972/clt.288991 Cuadernos de Literatura; No. 28 (2025): Diciembre; 1-21 Cuadernos de Literatura; Núm. 28 (2025): Diciembre; 1-21 Cuadernos de Literatura; n. 28 (2025): Diciembre; 1-21 2684-0499 0326-5102 spa https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8991/8701 https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8991/8702 https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8991/8703
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topic Textbook
Cultural competence
Intercultural communicative competence
Cameroon
ELE
libro de texto
competencia cultural
competencia comunicativa intercultural
Camerún
ELE
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Cultural competence
Intercultural communicative competence
Cameroon
ELE
libro de texto
competencia cultural
competencia comunicativa intercultural
Camerún
ELE
Kem-Mekah Kadzue, Oscar
The Cultural Component in Textbooks for Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language in Cameroon: the Case of Nueva Didáctica del Español I
topic_facet Textbook
Cultural competence
Intercultural communicative competence
Cameroon
ELE
libro de texto
competencia cultural
competencia comunicativa intercultural
Camerún
ELE
author Kem-Mekah Kadzue, Oscar
author_facet Kem-Mekah Kadzue, Oscar
author_sort Kem-Mekah Kadzue, Oscar
title The Cultural Component in Textbooks for Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language in Cameroon: the Case of Nueva Didáctica del Español I
title_short The Cultural Component in Textbooks for Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language in Cameroon: the Case of Nueva Didáctica del Español I
title_full The Cultural Component in Textbooks for Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language in Cameroon: the Case of Nueva Didáctica del Español I
title_fullStr The Cultural Component in Textbooks for Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language in Cameroon: the Case of Nueva Didáctica del Español I
title_full_unstemmed The Cultural Component in Textbooks for Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language in Cameroon: the Case of Nueva Didáctica del Español I
title_sort cultural component in textbooks for teaching spanish as a foreign language in cameroon: the case of nueva didáctica del español i
description In this paper, we analyse the treatment of the cultural component in a textbook for teaching Spanish in secondary education in Cameroon. We ask ourselves which components of Hispanic and Cameroonian culture are included in the textbook under analysis and how they are treated. Our objective is to determine whether the cultural content present in the textbook under study is relevant and sufficient to enable teachers to develop their students' intercultural communication skills. Our findings show that we are still a long way from fully integrating the cultural component into the textbook analysed. We also observe that encyclopaedic cultural content predominates, to the detriment of the cultural patterns underlying communicative interactions that support reflection on one's own culture and that of the target language and promote the development of intercultural competence.
publisher Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Humanidades. Instituto de Letras "Alfredo Veiravé"
publishDate 2025
url https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/clt/article/view/8991
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