This content analysis study, employing a multimodal perspective and critical visual analysis, set out to analyze gender representations in Top Notch series, one of the highly used ELT textbooks in Iran. For this purpose, six images were selected from these series and analyzed in terms of ‘representational’, ‘interactive’ and ‘compositional’ modes of meanings. The result indicated that there are...

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a unique global experience, arousing both exclusionary nationalistic and inclusionary responses of solidarity. This article aims to explore the discursive linguistic means by which pandemic, as macro-event, been translated into local micro-events. analysis studies through initial statements 29 leading political actors across four continents. aim is ex...

During the coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020, political discourse was dominated by language of war as world’s leaders saturated their speech with terminology war. This article examines some properties delivered Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison parliament on March 22, 2020. The general framework study is Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) which investigates how used ideological and soci...

Amparo Dávila is considered one of the most prolific Mexican horror writers 20th century. Her literary techniques have been compared to some famous such as Edgar Allan Poe and Franz Kafka. However, her writing indicative further social orders present in culture other spaces. In this study, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) implemented an approach analyze how two short stories used reflect Ameri...

In this article we examine the print media portrayal of career transitions by adapting Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework. The aim is to explore and critically analyse newspaper articles published in Times, Guardian, Daily Mail between 1985 2015, same time span which development theories started get public attention. particular, answer question how language used journalist...

Abstract This is the second part of a two-part article which proposes an enhanced approach to eco-discourses after weighing (dis)advantages mainstream Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Positive (PDA). Part I ( Chen et al. 2021 ) explored theoretical grounding for PDA, introduced research method then, based on adapted analytic framework Stibbe (2016) , undertook critical analysis discourses ...

The transition from face-to-face to online education might be delayed not just by the needed computer abilities, but also shifting self-concept requirements for instructors. goal of this study was expand existing knowledge phenomena Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) in e-learning classrooms that emphasize experiential function. subjects were undergraduate students English Department who enrolle...

This article introduces an approach to creative media literacy for world issues (WIs) such as Covid-19. In so doing, the integrates four positions on discourse and terrible facets of globalization in context critical analysis (CDA). The objectivist position deals with WIs neutral shared among humanity distributed through English international language educational media. ideologist treats relati...