Wang, Lihua and Zainal, Azlin Zaiti (2024) Attitude in ecological evaluations of college English textbooks in China. Linguistics and Education, 83. p. 101342. ISSN 0898-5898, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2024.101342.
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Ecolinguistics, as an emerging paradigm in linguistic studies, provides an approach for analysing ecological constructions in texts. However, different contexts feature quite different ecological philosophical traditions. English textbooks, often including imported materials, raise consideration for its ecological suitability for different social contexts. This study examines the ecological evaluations of College English textbooks used in China to elucidate the underlying evaluations and assess them according to Chinese harmonious ecosophy. Adopting Martin and White's (2005) attitude system, this study analyses the selected textbooks from the aspects of affect, judgment and appreciation with the UAM Corpus Tool to annotate instantiations of natural resources. Semantic analyses suggest that the authorial construction of nature in textbooks propagate some inharmonious ecological worldviews. The study not only improves our understanding of stance of textbooks towards the natural world but also helps to explore the role textbooks play in ecological education.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Universiti Malaya Faculty of Languages and Linguistics Research Grant (UMG007N-2024) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Attitude; Ecological evaluations; English textbooks; Harmonious ecosophy |
| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Languages and Linguistics |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Apr 2025 03:51 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Apr 2025 03:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/46613 |
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