How do EFL textbooks evaluate countries? Discursive and production perspectives
This article examines evaluations of entities associated with countries in English language textbooks for junior high school students in Japan. Drawing on an APPRAISAL analysis and interviews, the study explores how evaluations of national entities are realized in the textbooks. Eighteen textbooks w...
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| description | This article examines evaluations of entities associated with countries in English language textbooks for junior high school students in Japan. Drawing on an APPRAISAL analysis and interviews, the study explores how evaluations of national entities are realized in the textbooks. Eighteen textbooks were analyzed, and three interviews were conducted, one with a textbook writer and two with textbook editors. The findings reveal that the English language textbooks evaluated entities associated with Japan in a positive light much more frequently than those related to other countries. This was realized by the writer and editors’ intention that the textbooks be used to teach aspects of Japanese culture and to nurture learners’ diverse perspectives toward countries and their cultures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1788bba838f348da8c1e56c2713fd93e2025-01-14T14:22:46ZengSciendoJournal of Language and Cultural Education1339-45842024-12-0112371510.2478/jolace-2024-0013How do EFL textbooks evaluate countries? Discursive and production perspectivesWatanabe Hideo0Musashino University, Tokyo, JapanThis article examines evaluations of entities associated with countries in English language textbooks for junior high school students in Japan. Drawing on an APPRAISAL analysis and interviews, the study explores how evaluations of national entities are realized in the textbooks. Eighteen textbooks were analyzed, and three interviews were conducted, one with a textbook writer and two with textbook editors. The findings reveal that the English language textbooks evaluated entities associated with Japan in a positive light much more frequently than those related to other countries. This was realized by the writer and editors’ intention that the textbooks be used to teach aspects of Japanese culture and to nurture learners’ diverse perspectives toward countries and their cultures.https://doi.org/10.2478/jolace-2024-0013language textbooksevaluationsappraisalcritical discourse analysis |
| spellingShingle | Watanabe Hideo How do EFL textbooks evaluate countries? Discursive and production perspectives Journal of Language and Cultural Education language textbooks evaluations appraisal critical discourse analysis |
| title | How do EFL textbooks evaluate countries? Discursive and production perspectives |
| title_full | How do EFL textbooks evaluate countries? Discursive and production perspectives |
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| title_short | How do EFL textbooks evaluate countries? Discursive and production perspectives |
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