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Telling Tales: Changing Discourses of Identity in the "Global"…
Telling Tales: Changing Discourses of Identity in the "Global" UK-published English Language Coursebook
what is a discourses of identity
discourse is a social practice
it is bound up with identity
reflects narrative stories of people
Globilising discourses of identity in ELT
lived expreiences and social identities of language learners need to be included in SL curriculum
socio-cultural theory is of great importance
context-sensitive methods are emerged
context and culture is lack of consideration in ELT
Exploring UK-published coursebook
Kernel series being not contemporaneous enough is an exception
12 coursebooks were analysed in the original research
the first decade of the twenty-first century plays a role
Education and discourses of identity
knowledge carries different contexts and disciplines
instructional discourse transformation
horizontal discourse - everyday, oral or common sense
vertical discourse - form of coherent & explicit structure
The increasing centrality of the learner
almost all the coursebooks' first unit start with students sharing personal information with each other
different books have different approach to engage students
Headway Intermediate has become a learner-centered, sharing own experiences
by 1990s, learners' own lives became central
Personality and personal qualities
"Headway and Reward Intermdiate" use quiz and questions
"Strategies" analysis learners personalities
"Kernel" does not ask students to describe personality & personal qualities
Lifestyle
Every single core coursebook involves activities dealing with lifestyles
Many famous coursebooks' 1st unit is about "LIfestyle"
lifestyle is a recurring theme since 1980s