In cooperation with the Erasmus+ project 'CIRCE - Counteracting Accent Discrimination Practices in Education'

Building on a previous analysis of how World Englishes are represented in the English curricula across all German federal states (Meer 2021), this talk explores whether and how curricular expectations are reflected in current English language textbooks used in German secondary schools. While the applied linguistics literature increasingly advocates for World Englishes-informed teaching (Matsuda & Matsuda 2018), and some German curricula have begun to acknowledge the global diversity of English, the extent to which such perspectives shape classroom materials deserves further scrutiny. Drawing on research within the CIRCE project, this talk examines a selection of widely used secondary-level English textbooks in Germany. The study explores which varieties of English are included, how linguistic diversity is portrayed, and to what extent textbooks align with curricular aims.