Attitude in ecological evaluations of college English textbooks in China

IF 1.6 2区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Linguistics and Education Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI:10.1016/j.linged.2024.101342

Lihua Wang , Azlin Zaiti Zainal

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Abstract

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.

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中国大学英语教材生态评价中的态度问题

生态语言学作为语言学研究的新兴范式，为分析文本中的生态结构提供了一种方法。然而，不同语境下的生态哲学传统大相径庭。英语教科书通常包括舶来品，这就需要考虑其在不同社会背景下的生态适用性。本研究通过对中国使用的大学英语教科书进行生态学评价，以阐明其基本评价，并根据中国的和谐生态哲学对其进行评估。本研究采用马丁和怀特（2005）的态度系统，利用 UAM 语料库工具从情感、判断和欣赏三个方面对所选教材进行分析，对自然资源的实例进行注释。语义分析表明，教科书中作者对自然的构建传播了一些不和谐的生态世界观。这项研究不仅加深了我们对教科书对待自然世界的立场的理解，而且有助于探索教科书在生态教育中发挥的作用。

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期刊介绍： Linguistics and Education encourages submissions that apply theory and method from all areas of linguistics to the study of education. Areas of linguistic study include, but are not limited to: text/corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, functional grammar, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, conversational analysis, linguistic anthropology/ethnography, language acquisition, language socialization, narrative studies, gesture/ sign /visual forms of communication, cognitive linguistics, literacy studies, language policy, and language ideology.