TY - JOUR ID - 12869 TI - A Critical Discourse Analysis of Four Advanced ELT Textbooks Based on Fairclough’s Framework JO - Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics JA - RALS LA - en SN - 2345-3303 AU - Chalak, Azizeh AU - Ghasemi, Behnam AD - IAu, Isfahan Branch AD - Department of English, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 8 IS - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Language, Discourse and Pragmatics SP - 60 EP - 66 KW - Content KW - Critical Discourse Analysis KW - Ideology KW - Social Relation KW - Subject Position DO - 10.22055/rals.2017.12869 N2 - Critical Discourse Analysis uncovers the relationship between discourse, ideology, and power. This study investigated and analyzed contents, social relations, and subject positions in conversations of four popular advanced ELT textbooks. The findings indicated that for contents, giving/asking for information and interaction were outstandingly significant. Regarding social relations, friend was the most conspicuous item. For subject positions, societal, friendship, and occupational took the first to third positions, respectively. The language utilized in ELT textbooks was not value free and discourse, tone, and intonation were based on the western ideology. Neo-liberalism, neoclassical ideology selected by the producers had effect on learners’ attitudes towards social problems. UR - https://rals.scu.ac.ir/article_12869.html L1 - https://rals.scu.ac.ir/article_12869_ba13246b0542574f7ef213e61c628fbf.pdf ER -