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Decolonizing English Language Pedagogy : A Study of Cultural Aspects in English Language Coursebooks and Teachers’ reflections in Pakistan (2021)
Ali Shah, W. (2021). Decolonizing English Language Pedagogy : A Study of Cultural Aspects in English Language Coursebooks and Teachers’ reflections in Pakistan. Kieli, koulutus ja yhteiskunta, 12(6). https://www.kieliverkosto.fi/fi/journals/kieli-koulutus-ja-yhteiskunta-joulukuu-2021/decolonizing-english-language-pedagogy-a-study-of-cultural-aspects-in-english-language-coursebooks-and-teachers-reflections-in-pakistan
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Ali Shah, Waqar
Journal or series: Kieli, koulutus ja yhteiskunta
eISSN: 1799-0181
Publication year: 2021
Volume: 12
Issue number: 6
Publisher: Soveltavan kielentutkimuksen keskus, Jyväskylän yliopisto; Kielikoulutuspolitiikan verkosto
Place of Publication: Jyväskylä
Publication country: Finland
Publication language: English
Persistent website address: https://www.kieliverkosto.fi/fi/journals/kieli-koulutus-ja-yhteiskunta-joulukuu-2021/decolonizing-english-language-pedagogy-a-study-of-cultural-aspects-in-english-language-coursebooks-and-teachers-reflections-in-pakistan
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open Access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/78855
Abstract
Language does not exist in a vacuum; it is deeply rooted in the structures reflecting and carrying dominant ideologies and social values. Likewise, foreign language teaching does not aim at a mere transmission of linguistic knowledge, but it also brings with it the ideological repercussions. In Pakistani society, English Language teaching either promotes the state-centric view of social reality or reproduces the cultural discourse(s) of colonialism. This study situated in Pakistani context points out the colonial construction of English language learners’ identities in elite Private schools drawing on Fairclough’s (2003) Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework and Mignolo’s (2009, 2011) decolonial option. The study includes language coursebooks and teachers’ reflections as two major sources of data to draw conclusions that English Language teaching in the elite private sector establishes and reinforces the dominant cultural discourse(s) of coloniality as a macro-narrative which is in a conflict with the learners’ local and other global identities.
Keywords: decolonisation; English language; language teaching; textbooks; language policy; ideologies; culture; research
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Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2021