Representing Societies in Language Teaching Textbooks
Localized ideologies in language learning materials
Special issue of the Journal of Language and Politics 25:4 (2026)
Editors
[Journal of Language and Politics, 25:4] Expected December 2026. ca. 160 pp.
Publishing status: In production
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Table of Contents
- Representing societies in language teaching textbooks: Localized ideologies in language learning materialsDavid Machin, Lili Zhang & Christopher A. Smith | pp. 495–517
- The singular “national citizen” in English language textbooks in Pakistan: A multimodal critical discourse approachMuhammad Afzaal & Waqar Ali Shah | pp. 518–537
- The representation of English language learners in EFL textbooks in China: The erasure of crushing pressure and obligation experienced by learners in the school systemLili Zhang & David Machin | pp. 538–554
- Shaping learners’ national imaginary through discourse of resilience in locally-developed Iranian ELT textbooks: A multimodal critical perspectiveAli Jalalian Daghigh & Sahar Rasoulikolamaki | pp. 555–575
- National citizens in a sanitized vision of global economy in Japanese ELT textbooksYaqian Shi & Lei Lei | pp. 576–595
- Representation of social class in Korean ELT materials: A visual analysisChristopher A. Smith & Csilla Weninger | pp. 596–613
- From socialism to neoliberalism: Shifting educational ideologies in Serbian as a foreign language textbooks in Yugoslavia and SerbiaAna Kuzmanović Jovanović | pp. 614–640
- From capitalist production to neoliberal lifestyle: The visual representation of social relations in Uruguayan ELT textbooks from 1933 to 2023Germán Canale | pp. 641–661
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