ExploringSudanese Mainstream Culture versus Subcultures as depicted in SPINE Book (4) in Enhancing Unity in Diversity

Abstract

This paper investigates the Sudanese mainstream culture as opposed to other prevailing subcultures as depicted in SPINE book (4) in enhancing cultural diversity. The aim of the study is to analyze both mainstream and subcultures based on reading comprehension texts in terms of selected eight aspects of culture that are meant to represent cultural diversity. A checklist is adopted as a tool for data collection containing eight subdimensions of cultures and were subjected to verification to determine their existence within the English syllabus of SPINE, book (4). The statistical method SPSS has been used for data processing and the study revealed the following important findings: The syllabus of SPINE book (4), reflects the Sudanese mainstream culture as well as that of the other subcultures which enhance the Sudanese national unity in cultural diversity.