DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ CRITICAL READING SKILLS THROUGH RAISING THEIR AWARENESS OF CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS THEORY
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Nov 22, 2016
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Critical reading EFL Critical Discourse Analysis
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Abstract
This is a report of the mini-project research carried out on a group of 3
rd -
year students at Hue Universityof ForeignLanguages toexplorethe impactof Critical
Discourse Analysis (CDA) theory on students’ critical reading ability. During 6 weeks
of the study, the control group was guided in reading socio-political texts following
the traditional approach while the experimental group was introduced to the Critical Discourse Analysis theory as they pursued the same reading assignment. At the
end of the study, questionnaires to investigate students’ awareness towards critical
reading skills wereadministered and mutual discussions wereheld for bothgroups to
exchangetheir storiesofexperience.Theresults reveal positivesignals tosupport the
hypothesis that students’ critical reading skills in English as a foreign language (EFL)
can be enhanced through the intensive introduction of CDA - a theory that examines
the uses of language in social context and the ideology hidden behind language.
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บทความวิจัย (Research Paper)
- ต้นฉบับที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารวิชาการ มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏบุรีรัมย์ สาขามนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์ ถือเป็นกรรมสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏบุรีรัมย์ ห้ามนำข้อความทั้งหมดหรือบางส่วนไปพิมพ์ซ้ำเว้นเสียแต่ว่าจะได้รับอนุญาตจากมหาวิทยาลัยฯ เป็นลายลักษณ์อักษร
- เนื้อหาต้นฉบับที่ปรากฏในวารสารเป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียน ทั้งนี้ไม่รวมความผิดพลาด อันเกิดจากเทคนิคการพิมพ์
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Teaching Techniques?The UniversityofBirmingham /The Centrefor English
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London : Edward Arnold.
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of Chicago Press.
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of Language Teaching and Research, Vol 3, No 2, 283-288.
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International Publishing Group.
Rahimi, A., & Sahragard, R. (2007). Critical Discourse Analysis. Jungle Publication,
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Republicans and Democrats over the Continuation of War in Iraq. Journal
of Linguistics and Intercultural Education 3/2010.
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(eds). Language and Peace. Dartmouth: Aldershot, pp17-33.
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Discourse and Society 10 : 459-460. SAGE Publications.
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(eds.), 95-120.
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of discourse Analysis.
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(ed.) Critical Language Awareness. London : Longman. 59-92.
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Palgrave Macmillan.
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analysis. Applied Linguistics 19(1), 136-151.
Wodak & Meyer (1999), Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis, London : SAGE
Publications.
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Amsterdam.
