Insights from the Coffee Talk: A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis of Power Manifestations around the Word "Students" in the Discussions on Ajarn.com

Autor/in	Rangsarittikun, Ronnakrit
Titel	Insights from the Coffee Talk: A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis of Power Manifestations around the Word "Students" in the Discussions on Ajarn.com
Quelle	In: Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 20 (2023) 2, S.69-95 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-9448
Schlagwörter	Computational Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Semantics; Classification; Power Structure; Language Usage; Language Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Web Sites; Computer Mediated Communication; Computer Software; Verbs; Phrase Structure; Teacher Student Relationship; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Student Attitudes; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Diskursanalyse; Semantik; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Web-Design; Computerkonferenz; Phrasenstruktur; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This study draws on the strengths of both corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis approaches to investigate the issues of power and ideology of teachers evident in their language use in the discussions on Ajarn.com. Data collection involved constructing a corpus from the discussions on the website, with the discussion threads dated from 2012 to 2022, in the "Thai students" tag. Altogether, the corpus, named Discussion corpus, covered over 80 articles with more than 160,000 words. Utilising Wmatrix software to generate semantic tags of the words in the corpus, an analysis of thematic categorisations revealed that issues related to education were central to the teachers' discussions. In addition, an analysis of verb collocates of "students" using AntConc software confirmed that teachers expressed their dominance over the students in different ways. Interestingly, it was also found that teachers felt that they could become powerless in a specific context in a bureaucratic system. Overall, this study, acknowledging that power is a fundamental part of social relations, suggests that teachers should exercise their power in a healthy way that benefits students' learning. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01