Study of the senses and the organization of discourse in English as foreign language textbooks

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The article focuses on the analysis of eight English as foreign language
textbooks used by teachers of English in different private, subsidized and state secondary schools in Osorno, Chile. In this study, the English textbook is seen as a wide and dynamic space where social, geographic, cultural and individual scenarios are constructed, shaping a complex narrative web of senses. Our research has been articulated in four moments. Firstly, a theoretical support for the key concepts is given, showing the English textbook as a device of Cultural Politics; as a qualified authority naturally present in language classroom settings and as a space where multiple narratives of identity are interwoven to (de)construct the self and reality.
Secondly, a thorough reading on Foucault’s views of language and discourse are made to orient the analysis of texts in each book. Thirdly, to illustrate this analysis, two discursive fields are presented: care of the self and experience and alterity.

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Diana Kiss
Gladys Morales
Alicia Guarda

Author Biographies

Diana Kiss, Universidad de Los Lagos

Universidad de Los Lagos
Departamento de Humanidades y Arte
Casilla 933, Osorno (Chile)

Gladys Morales, Universidad de Río Cuarto

Universidad de Río Cuarto
Facultad de Ciencias Humanas
Ruta 8, Km. 601, Río Cuarto (Argentina)

Alicia Guarda, Universidad de Los Lagos

Universidad de Los Lagos
Departamento de Humanidades y Arte
Casilla 933, Osorno (Chile)

Kiss, D., Morales, G., & Guarda, A. (2019). Study of the senses and the organization of discourse in English as foreign language textbooks. ALPHA: Revista De Artes, Letras Y Filosofía, 2(25), 133-151. Retrieved from https://revistaalpha.ulagos.cl/index.php/alpha/article/view/1952

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