Gender Discourse of ‘Equal Opportunity’ for Male and Female in Pakistani English Textbooks: A Critical Discourse Analysis Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-98
Author(s):  
Amina Khalid ◽  
Arshad Ali Khan ◽  
Sayyed Rashid Ali Shah
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Gender Discourse ◽  
Fair Representation ◽  
English Textbooks

The aim of the present article is to investigate the representation of male and female within the gender discourse of ‘equal opportunity’ in Pakistani English textbooks. The present study has focused on if the gender discourse of ‘equal opportunity’ resisted or supported in Pakistani English textbooks at varied educational levels and in what ways such discourse manifests gender notions in Pakistani society. The paradigm of this research is descriptive and qualitative. The corpus of the study is collected from the English textbooks of 5th, 6th and 8th classes of the Punjab Textbook Board Lahore through purposive sampling. The theoretical framework of the research is based on Critical Discourse Analysis approach. Within the paradigm of CDA, Van Leeuwen’s (2008) “Social Actor Network” model has been applied to analyze the gender representation in the text and the visuals. The results have shown that the discourse of ‘equal opportunity’ has been resisted in these textbooks as females have not been given the equal and fair representation. The findings are a vital source for the policy makers and the textbooks designers to improve the mistreated areas in future and keep in accordance with the policy of Education for All in real sense. This research is limited to the school textbooks of three levels only so further research can be done on other textbooks in future.

scholarly journals CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF POSITIVESELF AND NEGATIVE-OTHER REPRESENTATIONS THROUGH ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Kamran Abbas Ismail ,Ammara Farukh, Muhammad Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Language Textbooks ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
New Curricula

The present research is a critical discourse analysis of the contents related to positive-self representation and negative-other representation projected through Punjab Textbook Board’s (PTB) School English textbooks which are taught in government and non-elite English medium schools at the secondary level (Grades 9 & 10). The present research aims at finding out the ideologies of positive-self representation and negative-other representation in the discourses of PTB School English textbooks. It employs Van Dijk’s (2005) analytical framework of critical discourse analysis to explore the ideologies of positive-self representation and negative-other representation in the discourses of School English textbooks. The findings show that PTB School English Textbooks are replete with the ideologies of positive-self representation and negative-other representation. The said textbooks are more religious, nationalistic, anti-Israel, anti-Hindus, and anti-Christians. The findings of the study can be useful in a number of ways. They can be useful in developing new curricula and teaching materials including textbooks with less nationalistic, religious and cultural biases. They can be helpful for policy makers and textbook authors to realize the politics of language textbooks to establish a symmetrical educational system.  

scholarly journals A Critical Discourse Analysis of School-Based Behavioural Policies: Reconceptualizing Understandings of Responses to Student (Mis)Behaviours

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-78
Author(s):  
Cara Colorado ◽  
Melanie D. Janzen
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
School System ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Safe Schools ◽  
Behaviour Problems ◽  
Student Group ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
School Based ◽  
Canadian Provinces

Students who have been labeled as having “behaviour problems” in the school system have some of the worst academic and social outcomes of any student group. In most Canadian provinces, responses to students who misbehave are legislated through Safe Schools policies intended to guide districts and individual schools in responding to student misbehaviour. In this research project, we conducted a critical discourse analysis of Manitoba’s Safe and Caring Schools documentation in order to analyze the ways in which provincial policies construct school-based responses to behaviours. Based on our analysis, recommendations for policy-makers to better support studentsinclude revising policies to reflect reconceptualized views of children, non-deficit understandings of behaviour, and ethical responses to student behaviour.

scholarly journals Us vs Them Positioning in Academic Setting: A Critical Discourse Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol III (I) ◽  
pp. 97-113
Author(s):  
Sania Athar ◽  
Muhammad Yousaf ◽  
Azhar Habib
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Academic Setting ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province ◽  
Males And Females

This study attempts to analyze gender positioning in different social settings. For this purpose, Muted Group Theory plus Van Dijks Model (2007) from Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) have been employed to inspect gender positioning in the academic setting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. These models help in identifying the relation between various individuals and promoting person to person interaction. The gender critical discourse analysis helps in dissecting the irregularities in gender positioning and imbalances found between the males and females especially using language and the power relations which are built through various discourses. The different discourses gathered in this research study are qualitative in nature and are gathered from three famous universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The investigation uncovered that desultory techniques are used by male and female to support or resist each other.

“This State Is Racist . . ”: Policy Problematization and Undocumented Youth Experiences in the New Latino South

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 764-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Rodriguez ◽  
Timothy Monreal
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Undocumented Immigrants ◽  
State Level ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Rational Solutions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Immigration Legislation

This article examines how state-level policy discourse articulates a category of knowledge about immigrants in South Carolina that governs the everyday experiences of undocumented immigrants. In the analysis of proposed and enacted immigration legislation from 2005 to the present, we use a Foucauldian-inspired critical discourse analysis to better understand how policy forms out of a problematization of marginalized groups such as undocumented immigrants. We find that policy constitutes immigrants as an economic and security threat and as Othered, outsiders to the state. This allows for policy makers to propose seemingly rational solutions such as “proving one’s status” and “increased law enforcement.” We suggest that this categorization of knowledge about immigrants has clear implications for educational attainment, social mobility, and public life while highlighting the viability of a Foucauldian-inspired theorization of discourse and critical discourse analysis as a method for inquiry.

scholarly journals Gender in Ann Veronica: A Critical Discourse Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
Zhino J. Abubakr ◽  
Lubna F. Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
British Society ◽  
Gender Ideologies ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
British Novel ◽  
The Way

This study investigates the differences that can be detected in the language produced by male and female talk. The study’s specific focus is on gender performance by both interlocutors. It concentrates on the way gender is represented in the 20th century British novel by considering social, cultural and ideological factors. The data used for such analysis is a modern British novel “Ann Veronica,” which is written by H. G. Wells, a feminist writer, in 1909. The approach that is used for the analysis is Critical discourse analysis, which is used to investigate the way the characters in the novel perform gender, which also concentrates on revealing gender ideologies and gender power that cause gender inequality. The study also uses conversation analysis to show the organization of the conversation between the characters, male and female, which explain how the conversation is opened and closed and how the sequences are arranged between the characters. The most important conclusions are: gender stereotypes that cause gender inequality are performed in British society. Women are constructed as inferior to men. The study also concludes that women’s gender identities are only limited to domestics. Besides, men have the most power in the society; that is why women are not allowed to be free and independent.  

scholarly journals REVEALING THE GENDER INEQUALITY IN PATRICIA MC. CORMICK’S SOLD CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Ririn Fatmawati ◽  
Sukarno Sukarno ◽  
Ikwan Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Male And Female

<p>This study aims to reveal the gender inequality between male and female in the novel entitled <em>Sold</em>. It is the representation of Nepalese culture in social life. The data sources data are the novel of <em>Sold</em>. The data in this study are in the form of words, phrases, and sentences that found in the <em>Sold</em> which contains gender inequality. Critical discourse analysis by Van Dijk’s theory is applied in this study. The result of this study shows that male tends to dominate over female. Male points how irresponsibility they are to their own family. Moreover, women have limited decision powers. They will be abandoned by their husbands and they are not allowed to make their own choices due to cultural or religious instructions.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Gender inequality, critical discourse analysis, <em>sold</em>, domination.</p>

Playing hard to get: metaphor and representation in the discourse of car advertisements

1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Thornborrow
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Past ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Female Bodies ◽  
Linguistic Approaches

In this article I analyse some of the main semantic and metaphoric representations which underpin the discourse of car advertising in Britain. In particular, I focus on the use of male and female bodies as organizing metaphors which produce a gendered framework for advertising different types of cars. The discussion is based on adverts seen on roadside hoardings in the London area, in magazines, and on television at different periods over the past three years, and I use an analytic framework which is grounded in critical linguistic approaches to texts, situated within the context of current debates in feminist stylistics and critical discourse analysis (Fairclough, 1989, 1992; Mills, 1995; Stubbs, 1997; Toolan, 1997).

scholarly journals Przemoc i religia. Bluźnierstwo w islamie w przekazach polskich portali internetowych

2016 ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
Monika Popow
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
Judith Butler ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
Male And Female

Violence and religion. Blasphemy in Islam presented on Polish web portals The aim of the paper is to analyse the representations of blasphemy in Islam presented on popular Polish web portals. Critical Discourse Analysis was applied. The analysis included representations of the bla­sphemy cases and of the accused, both male and female. The analysed material was interpreted in the light of Judith Butler theory and postcolonial theory. Przemoc i religia. Bluźnierstwo w islamie w przekazach polskich portali internetowychCelem niniejszego tekstu jest analiza wizerunku bluźnierstwa w islamie prezentowanego na po­pularnych polskich portalach internetowych. Autorka zastosowała krytyczną analizę dyskursu. Analizowała przypadki bluźnierstw i oskarżonych o bluźnierstwo kobiet i mężczyzn. Materiał zinterpretowała przy pomocy teorii Judith Butler oraz teorii postkolonialnej.

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