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Moral Education in English Language Teaching in Mainland China: A Discourse Analysis of English Textbooks in Senior Schools and People’s Attitudes Towards Integrating Moral Disciplines into English Language Education

Ziyan Liu

Abstract


Moral education and English language teaching in China have deserved extensive attention. Therefore, this essay tries to have a glimpse of moral education in the senior school English textbooks by conducting a discourse analysis with the addition of carrying out a questionnaire to investigate people’s attitudes toward moral education in English language teaching. The results show that the majority of respondents agree with combining moral values with language teaching despite the concerns and uncertainty of the small minority. The discourse analysis suggests that moral issues such as devotion and sacrifi ce are highlighted in textbooks.

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Discourse analysis; Moral education; English textbook; Attitudes.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i17.9083

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