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The Analysis Of Elt Textbooks In Iran Through Critical Discourse Analysis Based On Fairclough’S Framework, Ali Taghinezhad
The Analysis Of Elt Textbooks In Iran Through Critical Discourse Analysis Based On Fairclough’S Framework, Ali Taghinezhad
Ali Taghinezhad
ABSTRACT The present study attempts to investigate the three facets of meaning namely Subject positions, social relations, and contents through critical discourse analysis in English Language Teaching (ELT) textbooks in Iran based on Fairclough’s (2001) framework. In order to investigate the frequency of these facets of meaning the conversations of two series of textbooks in Bahar and Navid Language Institutes (two famous Institutes in Shiraz, Iran) were selected to figure out the ideology behind these series of textbooks. To investigate subject positions, social relations, and contents, Fairclough’s (2001) framework was used. Results indicated that, educational and friends related positions were …