INVESTIGATING POWER IN ENGLISH EDUCATIONAL LANGUAGE POLICYAND ITS IMPLEMENTATION: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
Keywords:
language policy and planning, language across educational documentation, power representation, critical discourse analysis, English textbooksAbstract
The objective of the study is to evaluate the implementation of ELPP theoretically and of curriculum framework (CF)
according to ELPP, in addition to this, strived to fulfill the purpose by checking the power representation in textbook basing
CF and ELPP. This study is a multi-modal study and used mixed method approach in order to answer three research
questions. This study used the multi-layer model of Ricento and Hornberger (1996) comprising three levels: macro, meso
and micro, as the main model of the study along with other models and collected the data through triangulation data source
technique at interpretation level from the online sources focusing all the research questions of the present research and all
layers of the main model of research. At first, the researcher evaluated the National Education Policy (NEP) document
(2017) by using the proposed checklist made by researcher in collaboration with Hassan (2021) based on the model
framework presented by Haddad and Demsky (1995) focusing the macro-level. Secondly, the researcher evaluated the
National Curriculum Framework (NCF, 2017) document by using the proposed checklist made by researcher in
collaboration with Hassan (2021) based on the model framework presented by Stabback (2007) focusing the standards of
UNESCO concerning the meso level. Lastly, the current study investigated the power representation at micro level through
the textual analysis of English textbook, Book 1 of Intermediate Level Part 1. The findings of the study showed that policy
planners in NEP (2017) and curriculum designers in NCF (2017) have followed the necessary guidelines to a gr eat extent
mentioned in the proposed checklists; and investigation indicated that textual analysis of English textbook exhibited power
representation in the text through modality expressions. The results and discussion of the study showed the extent of
evaluation and power representation through the quantitative representation by showing the percentages and frequencies of
the findings; and suggested some future implications by emphasizing the significance of the study.
