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PROMOTING PATRIOTISM THROUGH TEXTBOOKS A STUDY INTO CONTENTS OF PAKISTANI ELT MATERIAL

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-I).31      10.31703/glr.2020(V-I).31      Published : Mar 2020

Promoting Patriotism through Textbooks: A Study into Contents of Pakistani ELT Material

Abstract

    This research paper is about the deconstruction of rooted themes about patriotism in the secondary level English language teaching (Henceforth ELT) syllabus of Pakistan. For accomplishing the objectives, the research was demarcated into two distinctive parts: in part one, patriotism related textbook contents were identified and analyzed by using Faircloug's (1995) three-dimensional framework amplified by Van dijk's (2006) socio-cognitive approach. Part 2 of the study was devoted to attaining readership's conceptions related to patriotism through questionnaire-based surveys all over the country. The findings discovered significant inclusion of patriotism related themes in all four sets of ELT textbooks. The findings of part 2 revealed that patriotism related conceptions were adequately present in readership's minds. The study has suggested a patriotism-based test of all textbooks at national level prior to publication to ensure improved patriotism related contents in syllabus

    Textbook Evaluation, ELT Syllabus, Patriotism, CDA, Readership Conceptions

    (1) Sajid Waqar
    PhD Scholar, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Zarnab Ahmed
    PhD Scholar, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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