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    Raising awareness to challenge the empire: a critical discourse analysis of postcolonial features in EFL textbooks used in public secondary schools in Laboulaye
    (2022-09-12) Caichiolo, María de la Paz; Legrand, José; Cerrato, Gimena
    Textbooks are the principal tool to provide input when teaching and learning English as a foreign language (EFL). Therefore, the perpetuation of a colonial viewpoint through the used language in EFL textbooks is the problem addressed in this study. The main objective is to analyse through a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) the EFL textbooks: “Champions'', by Oxford University Press (starter); “English Zone”, by Oxford University Press (level 2); and “What’s Up”, by Pearson 2nd edition (starter), from a postcolonial perspective. The hypothesis of this research is that the linguistic components used in those texts implemented in public secondary schools in Laboulaye promote a colonialist point of view. The theoretical framework provides some key concepts which structure the analysis of the texts and exhibit the relationship beween language and the perpetuation of colonial power. The research is based on a mixed approach and it belongs to the Explanatory Sequential Design. A total number of 37 reading passages were analyzed twice. It was revealed that even though there is no sufficient linguistic evidence to prove that a colonialist perspective is used, two textbooks present elements that refer only to British culture. In order to counteract the one-way approach to foreign cultures, this research suggests supplementing these textbooks with reading passages that offer cultural diversity.
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    The representation of Meghan Markle in The Mail on sunday’s headlines from a critical discourse analysis theory and a feminist perspective
    (2022-09-13) Avendaño, Alicia Beatriz; Verón, Melina Inés; Raspanti, Rafael
    The British royal family has always been in the media spotlight as its members’ private lives are constantly divulged. One of the latest victims of this type of harassment has been Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle. Since their relationship became widely known, she has been defamed by the British press, especially the online British tabloid The Mail on Sunday. On account of this, the present study focuses on how Meghan Markle is represented as a social actor by the mentioned tabloid from a Critical Discourse Analysis theory (CDA) and a feminist perspective. For this purpose, a corpus of the most relevant headlines about Meghan Markle, from October 2016 to October 2019, has been compiled and then analysed under the scope of three renowned authors. A qualitative research method was adopted to carry out this research since it was the most suitable for analysing and interpreting the data. The analysis of the headlines demonstrated the way in which Meghan Markle was represented, giving hints of the unfair treatment she received during those years.