Propagation of Ideologies through Textbooks: A Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa English Textbooks
The main purpose of the study is to highlight the ideological representation of an Islamic state, Pakistan along with leadership mindset in the textbook. It is a discourse study of the prescribed English textbook used as a core teaching material at intermediate level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. The researcher has analyzed various extracts and taken different lessons from the textbook of English compulsory taught at second year in the intermediate level. The study has used the Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis as a tool for the analysis of the textbook. In this connection the researcher has used the three dimensional model as framework for the analysis of the textbook. After a detailed analysis of the various lessons in the textbook, the researcher has given findings and further recommendations at the end of the study. The findings show that the prescribed textbook taught at intermediate level represents the ideology of the state as well as Islamic ideology along with the leadership qualities for the students.
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Ideology, Textbooks, Critical Discourse
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(1) Akbar Ali
Assistant Professor, Department of English,FATA University, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Salma Hassan
Lecturer, Department of English, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Fazal Hanan
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, FATA University, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Ali, A., Hassan, S., & Hanan, F. (2019). Propagation of Ideologies through Textbooks: A Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa English Textbooks. Global Regional Review, IV(I), 55-61. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).06
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CHICAGO : Ali, Akbar, Salma Hassan, and Fazal Hanan. 2019. "Propagation of Ideologies through Textbooks: A Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa English Textbooks." Global Regional Review, IV (I): 55-61 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).06
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HARVARD : ALI, A., HASSAN, S. & HANAN, F. 2019. Propagation of Ideologies through Textbooks: A Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa English Textbooks. Global Regional Review, IV, 55-61.
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MHRA : Ali, Akbar, Salma Hassan, and Fazal Hanan. 2019. "Propagation of Ideologies through Textbooks: A Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa English Textbooks." Global Regional Review, IV: 55-61
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MLA : Ali, Akbar, Salma Hassan, and Fazal Hanan. "Propagation of Ideologies through Textbooks: A Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa English Textbooks." Global Regional Review, IV.I (2019): 55-61 Print.
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OXFORD : Ali, Akbar, Hassan, Salma, and Hanan, Fazal (2019), "Propagation of Ideologies through Textbooks: A Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa English Textbooks", Global Regional Review, IV (I), 55-61
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TURABIAN : Ali, Akbar, Salma Hassan, and Fazal Hanan. "Propagation of Ideologies through Textbooks: A Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa English Textbooks." Global Regional Review IV, no. I (2019): 55-61. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).06