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Changitextng Discourse of Identity - Coggle Diagram
Changi
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ng Discourse of Identity
Globilizing discourses
of identity in ELT
Norton argues
"Communicative language teaching methods do not actively seek to engage the identities of language learners in the language teaching process"
Pennycook (1994:178)
ElTM are never neutral and indeed represent special understandings of communication, language, education, learning and so on.
Luke (1989:71)
Majority textbooks are "closed" and rely on linearity and conventionality in the presentation of surface images
Gitlin (1980)
Describes a news frame as; the focus, a boundary or parameter for discussing a particular event
Hall (1996)
Called the central value system or the "culture"
Education and Discourse
"Vertical discourse"
Powerfulness globalized educational order of discourse
"Horizontal discourse"
Curricula in many different context
"Largely creatures of their own community"
"Relate their own story to a broader cultural or historical narrative" Stephonson
"Broader narratives are dependent on context" Somers and Gibson
"Regimes of truth"
The Increasing Centrality of The Learner
Exploring identify frames and discourses of identity in the UK- published Coursebook
Etnoghraphic content
Analysis
In What Ways
personal qualities and features focused on?
lifestyle experiences focused on?
is personal change focused on and what are asked learners to do in tasks?
Things consider necessary for a satisfactory lifestyle
Money
a nice house
a car friends
exciting holidays
living in town
living in the country
good food and drink
relationship
Personality and
Personal qualities
Learners are encouraged to differentiate themselves from others and asked to list important things in their lives
Personal change
Learners are instructed to place the particular life experiences on the road and then asked to talk about their own life experiences
Learners are also asked dramatically represent their lives in a life map
Lifestyle
Learners are directed to describe a personal or ideal possession
Learners are asked to discuss the three most and least important " ingredients of happiness”
Conclusion
ELT is a future career that is globally recognized with its reach and the Coursebook is the most obvious manifestation of that globalization, with its marketing, adoption and classroom use in a multiplicity of context.