Abstract Ecological identity, acting as the baton to guide public’s behavior in nature, is closely correlated with environmental crises that threaten human survival. Previous studies of ecological identity are mostly conducted domain sociopsychology an emphasis on human’s attitude and behavior. Less attention, however, has been paid discursive construction one’s identity. The current study aims...

The papers represent a particular language theory, systemic functional linguistics. The papers also reflect a particular view of the relation between language, knowledge, and the world; in particular, the papers describe the ways in which evaluative language expresses the value systems of individuals and communities. Finally, the authors have used a particular methodology in their research, the...

Translation, ipso facto, is an understanding and a transferal of meaning from one language into another. Therefore, it may be fitting to conclude that a suitable semantic theory should underpin any attempt to that end. This paper advocates implementing Systemic Functional Linguistics (henceforth SFL) which subscribes to a view of language as a "meaning-potential". In fact, Halliday and Matthies...

This  case  study  analyzes  how  a  Taiwanese  EFL  teacher  participating  in  a  U.S.  based MATESOL program made sense of systemic functional linguistics (SFL) and genre based pedagogy  in  designing  and  reflecting  on  literacy  instruction  for  EFL  learners  in  Taiwan. Using  longitudinal  ethnographic  methods,  the  findings  indicate  that  this  teacher’s conceptualization  of  g...

This paper describes a study conducted with group of undergraduate students to test the efficacy instruction on Systemic Functional Linguistics develop critical reading skills, more specifically ability identify author’s position. Based concept language as inextricably linked ideology, course trains in concepts such transitivity and lexis using an inductive approach. The comparison between resu...