ADDRESSING POLITICAL "CONFUSION SYNDROME" DISCOURSES: A CRITICAL APPLIED LINGUISTICS PERSPECTIVE

Addressing Political “Confusion Syndrome” Discourses: A Critical Applied Linguistics Perspective

This paper aims at extending our understanding of a problematizing practice in Critical Applied Linguistics by exploring issues pertaining to political “confusion syndrome” Discourses. Central to this practice is how EFL teachers and learners depart from their reluctance to explore political issues. Being scaffolded with a working model of such Discourses and a suggested simulation practice, th...

A Critical Exploration of Political Discourses about

In the British setting, the deployment of the phrase ‘doing god’ has become increasingly 9 common to refer to an emerging trend whereby religion has acquired an increasingly prominent 10 role in political spaces and discourses. This was particularly prominent while David Cameron was 11 Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party. While historically, religion has not had a 12 prominent p...

A Critical Review of Qualitative Interviews in Applied Linguistics

This article asks what applied linguistics can learn from related disciplines with regard to the collection, analysis and representation of qualitative interviews. It assesses the contributions of qualitative sociology, anthropology, discursive psychology and outlines four ‘discourse dilemmas’ which might provide the basis for a more critical and reflective dimension to the use of qualitative i...

Critical Analysis of a Website: A Critique Based on Critical Applied Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis

E-learning was easily found through browsing internet, which was mostly free of charge and provided various learning materials. Spellingcity.com was one of e-learning websites for teaching and learning English to learn spelling, vocabulary and writing, which offered various games and activities for young learners, 6 until 8 year old learners in particular. The content of the websites was suffic...

Iithe Interpretation of Political Discourses