The study aimed at analyzing visual images in the 9th grade English coursebook based on Kress and... more The study aimed at analyzing visual images in the 9th grade English coursebook based on Kress and van Leeuwen’s framework. This framework is based on Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistic theory. It aims to investigate multimodality in visuals using three-dimensional metafunctional system. The 9th grade English courseook was chosen because it has less illustration than primary school coursebooks, and more pictures than other grades of high school. The areas that are seen as problems in their representation were identified. The appropriate pictures to analyze were selected. Chosen components of the framework, namely actor, goal, reactor, phenomenon, gaze direction, and social distance, were studied. The results show a balanced representation of both genders and the limited representation of minority groups in society: Blacks and people with disabilities.
The study aimed at analyzing visual images in the 9th grade English coursebook based on Kress and... more The study aimed at analyzing visual images in the 9th grade English coursebook based on Kress and van Leeuwen’s framework. This framework is based on Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistic theory. It aims to investigate multimodality in visuals using three-dimensional metafunctional system. The 9th grade English courseook was chosen because it has less illustration than primary school coursebooks, and more pictures than other grades of high school. The areas that are seen as problems in their representation were identified. The appropriate pictures to analyze were selected. Chosen components of the framework, namely actor, goal, reactor, phenomenon, gaze direction, and social distance, were studied. The results show a balanced representation of both genders and the limited representation of minority groups in society: Blacks and people with disabilities.
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