Open AccessAn Investigation of the Reading Text ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ (Long Live Pakistan): Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective
Author(s) -
Sheeraz Ali,
Bahram Kazemian,
Faraz Ali Bughio
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
education and linguistics research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2377-1356
DOI - 10.5296/elr.v1i2.8160
Subject(s) - critical reading , reading (process) , context (archaeology) , meaning (existential) , critical discourse analysis , perspective (graphical) , discourse analysis , critical thinking , order (exchange) , pedagogy , mathematics education , sociology , psychology , linguistics , computer science , political science , ideology , philosophy , artificial intelligence , politics , law , paleontology , finance , economics , psychotherapist , biology
This paper is a critical study in Critical Discourse Analysis paradigm of a Textbook prescribed for intermediate students (Second Language Learners) in Government Colleges affiliated to the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan. The textbook contains selected texts to improve students reading skills integrated with writing activities. Each of the texts contains questions at the end to be answered. It is observed that the reading tasks are badly designed and there is no mental activity to involve students in the text discourse. The study focuses on critical discourse of the underlying text to inspect whether the text reading involves students in the critical discourse or not; it also attempts to analyze the Reading Text ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ to identify problems showing the gap and unawareness on the part of teachers and students regarding the critical discourse of the text in classroom reading context. It is also suggested that teachers need to bring about a change in their traditional teaching methods in order to tackle the issue. The awareness of critical discourse analysis is recommended on the part of the teachers in order to analyze and understand the real meaning of the text. In result, it may develop the critical approach which is very essential for a reader.