BEGINNER

Throughout his 45 years of experience of teaching English
in the Arab world, Francis Andrew has consistently
noticed that many ELT materials are heavily culturally
weighted to such an extent that it is often difficult for nonwestern
learners of English to relate to the contents of such
materials presented to them. This inability to understand and
relate to textbooks which are biased towards western culture
and traditions severely hampers English language learning in
conservative societies, Notwithstanding the realisation of this
drawback,, the author is cognizant of two crucial factors which
are, the need of the culture through which language is acquired,,
and that different societies relate to western culture in different
ways and at various levels. Progress in English has successfully
navigated between Scylla and Charybdis in presenting the
English language student with texts which are not devoid of
the culture within which the English is inevitably embedded,
yet is not so thickly over-layered as to be incomprehensible
to the average learner. The author trusts that you will find
Progress in English pedagogically fruitful and at the same time
culturally enriching.