A Critical Discourse Analysis on Power Relationships in the Classroom: The Case of The School That Turned Chinese

Our education system helps to build identities among teenagers. As is known all, the Chinese totally different from a western system. With task of exploring which better teaching method, documentary named The School That Turned was carried out. presents differences in many aspects, especially classroom activities. In research, teachers and students are relationship power, as Benesch (1999) claimed that class, even class arrangements signs power. language used by may subvert, challenge, or distribute To examine process, it’s important do text analysis. this end, study adopts Critical Discourse Analysis involves uncovering covert forms power domination underlie discourse (Fairclough, 1989: 55). This makes it process issues asymmetrical relations…which largely hidden texts require procedures “unveiling demystification” 141), with ‘critical’ being concerned making visible interconnectedness between language, ideology 5). CDA examines how people obtain maintain society through (Wodak, 2001). light CDA, paper utilized descriptive qualitative method deal samples----which teachers’ students’ utterance chosen segments documentary. Verbal elements, participants circumstances instruments for analysing. Besides, context discursive practice also taken into consideration. conclude, research looks deeply built challenged language.