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Telling tales: Changing discourses of identity in the 'Global' UK-…
Telling tales: Changing discourses of identity in the 'Global' UK- published English language coursebook
What is it meant by " discourses of identity?"
Language use, whether in speech or writing - a type of social practice
Intimately bound up with identity
Narrative that we construct identities
"Regimes of truth"
The particular configurations of conventionalised practices- genres, discourses, narratives
Education and discourses of identity
"Knowledge" in different contexts and disciplines
" Knowledge" is represented in:
Curricula
Teaching and learning methodologies
Pedagogical materials and activities
Transformation of Subject- matter content into " instructional discourse"
Called as " vertical discourse" by Bernstein
It takes the form of a coherent, explicit, systematically principled structure
Hierarchically organized
Horizontal discourse
Local, segmental, context dependent, tacit, mult-layered
Everyday, oral and common-sense
Globalizing discourses of identity in ELT
The need for the creation of 'appropriate' 'context-sensitive' methods
The emergence of a broader perspective on the identity of the learner
Embracement of socio- cultural theory and Vygotsky's ideas
Calls for greater critical scrutinity of ELT materials and tasks
Textbooks' reliance on extreme linearity and conventionality
Designing news frames
Principles of selection
Emphasis and presentation composed of little tacit theories
The focus, a parameter or boundary for discussing a particular event
Focus on what and how it will be discussed
Exploring identity frames and discourses of identity in the UK-published coursebook
Analysis 1. determining the overall orientation of the coursebooks and ascertaining the changes
Analysis 2. Opening units of the six intermediate level coursebooks
Analysis 3. Ethnographic media analysis of documents and written texts
Analysis 4. Quantitative content analysis where emphasis is on obtaining data by counting and analyzing statistically
Increasing centrality of the learner
The most noticeable change is the learner's centrality
Three aspects of identity
Home/ family
Jobs/ Studies
Likes/ dislikes
Further sets of protocols used to direct attention
Focus on the features of personality and personal qualities
Personality quiz based on matching adjectives with descriptions of general behavior
Connected with assertiveness
Matching the mouthes with faces
Focus on lifestyle practices
Discussing three things to reach a satisfactory life
money, a nice house, a car
Friends, exciting holidays, good food and drink
Successful career, happy relationship
Focus on personal change
Self-improvement related to healthy lifestyle practices
Having high- low self esteem
Feeling of aggression and hostility
Physical health and psychological state