scholarly journals Unravelling Racist Ideological Attitudes in Texts for EFL Students’ Consciousness Awareness

2022 ◽  
pp. 11-23
Author(s):  
Dr. Franck Amoussou
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Ideological Attitudes

The present paper seeks to raise students‘ consciousness about how language can be used to encode ideological meanings. It also aims to enhance their critical thinking about how social structures- notably racist practices- implicitly impact their behavior and attitudes. In that sense, it draws on critical discourse analysis (hereafter, CDA) to disentangle the meanings of a set of texts dealing with racial discrimination in Go for English Tle used to teach upper sixth students English in Benin. The study basically focuses on van Dijk (1993)‘s and Fowler & Kress (1979)‘s analytical methods to disclose the transparent and hidden situated meanings conveyed in/by the texts at stake. The results of the analysis reveal that racism, as a social practice, is not peculiar to any specific group or community; rather, it is expressed through discourse in all continents. It is concluded from the findings that CDA can serve as a potent theoretical and emancipatory tool for the analysis of important sociolinguistic, linguistic, educational, and multiracial issues facing students.

scholarly journals Meme Sebagai Representasi Kritik dan kebebasan Berpendapat di Ruang Siber

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Prapti Wigati Purwaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Implied Meaning

Abstrak  - The purposes of this study is to describe what and how memes in social media Instagram as the representation of critics from netizen. The approach of this study is Critical Discourse Analysis by Fairclough with three dimensions; text, discursive practice, and social practice. The writer chooses meme in @fakartun Instagram account as the data source because meme full of funny picture and simple text, easy to understand, and lead the reader to think twice to find the implied meaning in it. This research is focused on meme in @fakartun Instagram account, especially pictures, text, and caption. The conclusion of this study is the writer found social media as a space for netizen to get  and upload many information widely and effectively. Nowadays memes are no longer just pictures and funny words that are entertaining but become a media to express opinions, criticize a policy or an event that is happening. Finally, the findings of this analysis will describe how the patterns of opinion, commenting, and critical thinking of citizens in cyberspace Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis, Fairclough, memes, Instagram, @fakartun

scholarly journals Analisis Wacana Kritis Film Rudy Habibie dalam Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Mahasiswa

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
Goziyah Goziyah
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Past ◽  
Text Production ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
Ideological Attitudes

Discourse analysis has been noticed by several language researchers and educators over the past two decades. This study aims to analyze the use of discourse analysis on film as a medium of learning in improving students' critical thinking skills, especially in learning discourse analysis. Rudy Habibie's film is used as a medium for this analysis. The conceptual framework framework for Fairclough was adopted in this study, with a focus on analyzing meso-level critical discourse. This study explores how discursively formed in the process of production, distribution, and consumption in the film Rudy Habibie. This finding illustrates various behaviors taken from the Rudy Habibie film which aims to express stereotypes, prejudices, hegemony, power, and ideological attitudes. The ideology presented leads the audience through the film's story as a result of text production, distribution, and consumption. Representation contributes to building social strength. Furthermore, this research is believed to have implications for language teaching, especially in discourse analysis. The application of a critical discourse analysis approach in learning makes students able to understand the writer, find meaning and reason about certain writing styles and to enhance their critical thinking.

THE USE OF CRITICAL THINKING AGAINST FAKE NEWS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra-Niculina Babii
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Informal Logic ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The Social ◽  
Legal Sanctions ◽  
The One

The digital era has determined a very easy creation and propagation of fake news. As a consequence, it has become harder for people to fight this malicious phenomenon. However, the only weapon that can have results in this informational war is critical thinking. But who should use it? The creators of fake news that do this for different reasons? The social platforms that allow the circulation of fake news with ease? Mass media which does not always verify with much attention and rigour the information they spread? The Governments that should apply legal sanctions? Or the consumer that receives all the fake news, him being the final target? Even if critical thinking would be useful for every actor on fake news’ stage, the one who needs it the most is the consumer. This comes together with the big responsibility placed on his shoulders. Even if others are creating and spreading disinformation, the consumer must be aware and be careful with the information he encounters on a daily basis. He should use his reasoning and he should not believe everything just because it is on the Internet. How can he do that? Critical thinking seems to be a quite difficult tool to use, especially for non-specialized individuals. This paper’s aim is to propose a simplified model of critical thinking that can contribute to detecting fake news with the help of people’s self judgement. The model is based on theories from Informal Logic considering the structure of arguments and on Critical Discourse Analysis theories concerning the patterns found in the content of the information.

scholarly journals A Critical Discourse Analysis of Representations of Travellers in Public Policies in Ireland

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Claire Jane Snowdon ◽  
Leena Eklund Eklund Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Negative Stereotypes

In Ireland, negative stereotypes of the Traveller population have long been a part of society. The beliefs that surround this minority group may not be based in fact, yet negative views persist such that Travellers find themselves excluded from mainstream society. The language used in discourse plays a critical role in the way Travellers are represented. This study analyses the discourse in the public policy regarding Travellers in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS) 2017–2021. This study performs a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the policy with the overall aims of showing signs of the power imbalance through the use of language and revealing the discourses used by elite actors to retain power and sustain existing social relations. The key findings show that Travellers are represented as a homogenous group that exists outside of society. They have no control over how their social identity is constructed. The results show that the constructions of negative stereotypes are intertextually linked to previous policies, and the current policy portrays them in the role of passive patients, not powerful actors. The discursive practice creates polarity between the “settled” population and the “Travellers”, who are implicitly blamed by the state for their disadvantages. Through the policy, the government disseminates expert knowledge, which legitimises the inequality and supports this objective “truth”. This dominant discourse, which manifests in wider social practice, can facilitate racism and social exclusion. This study highlights the need for Irish society to change the narrative to support an equitable representation of Travellers.

scholarly journals Investigation of Intercultural Competence: CDA of EFL Students’ Baseline Portfolios

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 458
Author(s):  
Abduljalil Hazaea
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research ◽  
Intercultural Skills ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Preparatory Year

In monocultural classes, Saudi English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students have to acquire not only linguistic competence but also to develop Intercultural Competence (IC) when they read and write in English. This article investigates IC scattered in EFL students’ baseline portfolios collected in an enrichment critical reading class at the Preparatory Year of Najran University. IC is operationalised as intercultural attitude, intercultural knowledge and intercultural skills evident as discourses in intercultural texts. The data comprises semi-structured interview and intercultural assignment, which is an encounter discourse to intercultural text. A qualitative empirical research design was used to analyze the data through Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) techniques. The findings indicate that IC is underdeveloped. Most of the participants represent negative attitude towards intercultural communication. They also lack appropriate intercultural knowledge and effective intercultural skills. The findings suggest that EFL teaching and learning practices need to shift towards a more intercultural perspective.

King Abdullah II Anti-Terrorism Ideology: A Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Sami K. Khawaldeh ◽  
Wafa abu Hatab
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Mental Image ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
Ideological Attitudes

The present paper investigates Anti-terrorism Ideology (ATI) in King Abdullah II of Jordan political discourse following a critical discourse methodology and focusing on three speeches delivered in 2015. The socio-cognitive approach is adopted as an analytical framework to decipher the underlying ideological attitudes and meanings that are encoded in these speeches. The study revealed that semantic aspects including lexical choices, repetition, and presupposition have been employed to construct (ATI) that aimed at creating a negative mental image of terrorists and a positive image of Islam.

Ideology in positivist research articles on issues of teaching English as a foreign language

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-301
Author(s):  
Ali Khadivar ◽  
Mahmoud Samaie ◽  
Moussa Ahmadian
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Social Ontology ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
World Views ◽  
Social Events ◽  
Scientific World ◽  
The Social

Abstract The research articles(RAs) as the dominant genre of academic writing can be accounted as the sites of reproduction of unequal power relations and dominance. Through critical discourse analysis of epistemological and ontological underpinnings and subsequently methodological aims and values of positivist paradigm as social structures, this article aims to foreground power and ideology stricken latent aspects of empiricist RAs. Research as a social practice mediates between the social structures and the RAs as social events. Textual analysis of practical arguments presented mostly in the pedagogical implications part revealed that the scientific world views manifest themselves as the premises of these arguments. The premises can provide reasons for actions (Searle’s,2010, social ontology theory). The reasons can signify the empiricist interests as the global concerns. They exclude the rival paradigms or ways of understanding the world. These world views maintain the dominance of Western societies on global academic and social discourses.

scholarly journals The Influence of Local Taboos and Beliefs on Social Practice of Fisheries Community in North Coast of Central Java to Develop Environment in Industrial Revolution 4.0

2019 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 09017
Author(s):  
Nurhayati ◽  
Agus Subiyanto ◽  
Astri Adriani Allien
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
North Coast ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Develop Environment ◽  
Almost All

The wave of industrial revolution 4.0 influences almost all aspects of every life, covering the fishermen’s activities. In order to survive in global competition, traditional fishermen must work hard, fast, smartly, and appropriately to increase production. However, the existence of taboos and local beliefs that has been considered as a device of maintaining environment may become obstacle of their activities. The study aims to identify the influence of the taboos and beliefs controlling the Fisheries Community in North Coast of Central Java on their daily activities to survive as well as to develop their environment. Data on the research are the narrative of the respondents regarding the taboos and beliefs they have listened. Data are gathered through deep interview of six respondents from three fishing areas, those are Demak, Kendal, and Semarang. Using critical discourse analysis approach, the researchers found that local taboos influence their perception that certain natural phenomena are controlled by spirits, so that some bad events happened to the community may be interpreted as consequences of violating the taboos. The beliefs construct by the governed by the unseen power rather than usual phenomena. This gives impact to the way they develop their environment.

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