Open AccessADDRESSING POLITICAL "CONFUSION SYNDROME" DISCOURSES: A CRITICAL APPLIED LINGUISTICS PERSPECTIVE
Author(s) -
Joseph Ernest Mambu
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
k@ta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2302-6294
pISSN - 1411-2639
DOI - 10.9744/kata.10.1.14-35
Subject(s) - confusion , perspective (graphical) , linguistics , politics , sociology , clinical linguistics , applied linguistics , epistemology , political science , psychology , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , psychoanalysis , law
This paper aims at extending our understanding of a problematizing practice in Critical Applied Linguistics by exploring issues pertaining to political "confusion syndrome" Discourses. Central to this practice is how EFL teachers and learners depart from their reluctance to explore political issues. Being scaffolded with a working model of such Discourses and a suggested simulation practice, they are hoped to learn how to sympathize with politicians' confusion.
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