Exploring Sudanese Mainstream Culture versus Subcultures as depicted in SMILE Book (3) Grade (5) in Enhancing Unity in Diversity

Abstract

This paper investigates the Sudanese mainstream culture as opposed to other prevailing subcultures as depicted in SMILE book (3) grade (5) 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 seven aspects of culture that are meant to represent cultural diversity. A checklist is adopted as a tool for data collection containing seven subdimensions of cultures and were subjected to verification to determine their existence within the English syllabus of SMILE, book (3), grade (5). The statistical method SPSS has been used for data processing and the study revealed the following important findings: The syllabus of SMILE book (3), grade (5) concentrates on the mainstream culture more than subcultures which in turn does not support the Sudanese cultural diversity enhancement.