The Critical Discourse Analysis Of Esl Texts

• DOI: 10.5750/bjll.v1i0.2
• Publication Date: 2020-12-15T15:49:15Z
• Authors: Rod E Case; Wei Xu; Marielena Righettini
• Keywords: 4. Education; 0602 languages and literature; 06 humanities and the arts

Despite the recognized role that race and class play in second language acquisition (SLA) and instruction, little attention is paid to how to evaluate and analyze these issues in ESL texts. Drawing on examples from two adult ESL texts, this article presents a text evaluation method based upon the concept of critical language awareness which allows curriculum developers and teachers to examine issues of race and class.