Reflection of the values in the English lesson teaching program in primary school books

Value is an important guide for individuals to make sense of life. Values need to be taught to students at an early age in environments such as family, school and social environment. In recent years, the place of values in education has gained importance and their presence in textbooks, which are an indispensable tool of education, arouses great curiosity. It is believed that values should be transferred to children from an early age, especially in language education. This study examines the reflection of the values in the English language curriculum on primary school English textbooks. The study basically consists of five chapters. The first part of the study is the introduction, and in this part, the purpose of the study, problem situation, assumptions and limitations are discussed. In the second chapter, the theoretical foundations of the research are included and the concept of value is discussed and presented. In the third section, it was gathered under the title of method and was discussed with document analysis, one of the qualitative methods for research, and frequency tables were created to determine to what extent the values were reflected. The result of the examination shows that the values specified in the English course curriculum are partially reflected in primary school books. It has been determined that some values are processed more clearly, but some are not included at a sufficient level. In the fourth chapter, the time planning of the thesis study is given. What kind of progress will be made on which dates is planned and presented. In the fifth chapter, which is the last chapter, the results obtained as a result of qualitative research are included. These data show that primary school English textbooks mostly include friendship, love, respect and helpfulness. The least mentioned values are justice and patriotism. As a result, it has been suggested that the values should be included homogeneously in the themes, as these values can contribute positively to the character development of students.