556
J. Jodoin and J. Singer
Fig. 4 Relationship of the image to the text
can be explained as being popular topics found in EFL sample texts of the corpus.
Furthermore, few high frequency words, or head words, found in the corpus are valueladen (Fig. 5). An example of a value-laden word would be a word that challenges
student values or attitudes such as “sustainable” or “respect.” This lack of valueladen words indicates that the information provided in the sample texts is primarily
informative in nature rather than being persuasive or challenging the attitudes and
values of students.
4 Discussion
It should be noted that there is no mention in the forward or other parts of the textbooks
used that the creators intended to integrate ESD or SDG content or approaches. The
explicit objective of these textbooks is to improve students’ English language skills.
Nevertheless, there is a great scope for ESD integration as well as developing novel
approaches for using the SDGs in the EFL classroom. Three main findings will be
discussed below.
J. Jodoin and J. Singer
Fig. 4 Relationship of the image to the text
can be explained as being popular topics found in EFL sample texts of the corpus.
Furthermore, few high frequency words, or head words, found in the corpus are valueladen (Fig. 5). An example of a value-laden word would be a word that challenges
student values or attitudes such as “sustainable” or “respect.” This lack of valueladen words indicates that the information provided in the sample texts is primarily
informative in nature rather than being persuasive or challenging the attitudes and
values of students.
4 Discussion
It should be noted that there is no mention in the forward or other parts of the textbooks
used that the creators intended to integrate ESD or SDG content or approaches. The
explicit objective of these textbooks is to improve students’ English language skills.
Nevertheless, there is a great scope for ESD integration as well as developing novel
approaches for using the SDGs in the EFL classroom. Three main findings will be
discussed below.