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Deconstructing ELT ideology and normalized discourses through critical discourse analysis: Collaborative autoethnography

Sayı: 31 21 Aralık 2022
  • Ömer Gökhan Ulum *
  • Eser Ordem
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Deconstructing ELT ideology and normalized discourses through critical discourse analysis: Collaborative autoethnography

Abstract

English language teaching departments have been regarded as neutral and prestigious for more than a century. However, the colonial, neocolonial, postcolonial and neoliberal practices of these departments are forgotten. In this study, we aim to deconstruct this ideology and develop a critical perspective within the framework of critical pedagogy and critical discourse analysis. Both of these two approaches aim to analyze power, power relations, forms of knowledge and subjective experiences. This study is based on collaborative autoethnography that prioritizes researchers` beliefs, experiences, observations and stories. We asked 10 guiding questions that showed how we came to reject our current identity in ELT discipline that produced various forms of knowledge that constitute certain discursive practices. We aimed to show that ELT departments in Turkey are a continuation of this colonial and neoliberal mind, and therefore a new space should be created for other languages to take their place on social circles. We strongly recommend that ELT departments can incorporate lessons that reinforce criticality, critical pedagogy and critical discourse analysis so that the real historical conditions could be shown to the students and teacher candidates in these departments. Therefore, new discourses can be constituted and produced to allow novel subjective experiences and practices.

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Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Dilbilim , Eğitim Üzerine Çalışmalar

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Ömer Gökhan Ulum * Bu kişi benim
0000-0001-7685-6356
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

21 Aralık 2022

Gönderilme Tarihi

16 Kasım 2022

Kabul Tarihi

20 Aralık 2022

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Sayı: 31

Kaynak Göster

APA
Ulum, Ö. G., & Ordem, E. (2022). Deconstructing ELT ideology and normalized discourses through critical discourse analysis: Collaborative autoethnography. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 31, 1515-1522. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.1222348