An Analysis of ‘PULSE 2’ Cultural Content and How Malaysian ESL Teachers Perceive IT

Imported English textbooks were introduced to Malaysian schools in line with Malaysia's new CEFR-aligned language curriculum. One of the books is PULSE 2, which concern about its foreign cultural content has been widely discussed. Therefore, this study aims analyze categories displayed 2 textbook for Form 1 syllabus, investigate how cultures and topics are students, identify perception teachers textbook, specifically on contents. This employed mixed-method research. The first phase data collection involved quantitative analysis using a questionnaire administered 30 ESL teachers. qualitative collected through semi-structured interviews from Perak, Malaysia. culturally rich, especially UK-centric There also an imbalance portrayal categories, no reference made context book. Designing personal materials, comparing target local cultures, resources such as visuals web-based learning most common pedagogical methods used by their students. Although positively perceived they disclosed mixed content. Despite this, can still be exploited benefit