Abstract The Ministries of Education in different countries have established that ELT materials would play an important role to provide learners in state-funded schools access to English language education. Nonetheless, the discussion concerning local culture and ELT materials has not yet reached textbooks designed for children in their first years of English language learning. This study aims to explore whether the ELT materials used in the first two years of compulsory English language education in Chile, 5th- and 6th- grades, include representations of the local culture, and whether these materials are being localised by the teachers. Through a content analysis of a corpus of four ELT materials approved and distributed in public schools from 2013 to 2016 and from 2017 to 2019 and the examination of 63 teachers’ perceptions on localisation of ELT coursebooks, the article argues that the ELT materials analysed include representations of local culture specifically associated with ‘national geography’ and ‘stereotypes and national identity’. Although teachers reported that they were unsure about whether the cultural representations of the materials facilitated learning, they claimed to include representations of local references when adapting the textbooks. The article concludes by suggesting that the ELT materials locally produced demand urgent review.

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当地文化和当地制作的 ELT 教科书：教师如何弥合差距？

摘要 不同国家的教育部已经确定，ELT 材料将在为公立学校的学习者提供英语语言教育方面发挥重要作用。尽管如此，关于当地文化和 ELT 材料的讨论还没有达到为儿童第一年英语学习设计的教科书。本研究旨在探讨智利 5 年级和 6 年级义务英语教育的前两年所使用的 ELT 材料是否包含对当地文化的表现，以及这些材料是否已被教师本地化。文章通过对2013年至2016年和2017年至2019年在公立学校批准和分发的四种英语教学材料语料库的内容分析，以及对63名教师对英语教学教材本地化的看法的考察，认为所分析的英语教学材料包括陈述与“国家地理”和“刻板印象和民族认同”特别相关的地方文化。尽管教师报告说他们不确定材料的文化表现是否有助于学习，但他们声称在改编教科书时包括当地参考资料的表现。文章最后建议本地生产的 ELT 材料需要紧急审查。文章认为，所分析的 ELT 材料包括与“国家地理”和“刻板印象和民族认同”特别相关的当地文化表现。尽管教师报告说他们不确定材料的文化表现是否有助于学习，但他们声称在改编教科书时包括当地参考资料的表现。文章最后建议本地生产的 ELT 材料需要紧急审查。文章认为，所分析的 ELT 材料包括与“国家地理”和“刻板印象和民族认同”特别相关的当地文化表现。尽管教师报告说他们不确定材料的文化表现是否有助于学习，但他们声称在改编教科书时包括当地参考资料的表现。文章最后建议本地生产的 ELT 材料需要紧急审查。