Reporting International Conflicts Through the Environmental Discourse: The Moroccan Sahara Conflict as a Case Study

Mliless, Mohamed; Larouz, Mohammed

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-94144-4_16

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“…We assume that emotionally-charged texts can contribute toward much deeper assimilation of the material, and encouraging a deeper emotional response can also contribute to the ultimate goal of eco- centered education, which is not only to increase awareness of environmental concerns but to take responsible actions towards sustainability. Studies suggest that factual texts that convey information fail to achieve the desired educational effect: "…learning activities which are dominated by pure informative style cannot help learners to construct skills that would help them adopt a positive behavior towards the environment [12]".…”

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Embedding sustainability into English environment: a holistic approach

Руденко

2023

E3S Web Conf.

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The paper explores ways of increasing environmental awareness of students through incorporation of sustainability-related issues into a general English language course. We view language as a living system promoting life-sustaining relationships of humans with each other and with their natural environments. We hold the view that learning English as a foreign language holds powerful potential to promote the values of sustainable development, which should not be overlooked by English language teaching staff. The results of the study show that sustainability concerns are treated as discrete problems in textbooks and are often narrowed down to environmental issues, while social justice issues are left out of consideration. The percentage of units covering sustainability-related topics is considered unsatisfactory. According to the sentiment analysis conducted for textual material, the neutral sentiment is dominant, which can reduce the desired educational effect of sustainability-related texts. The author arrives at the conclusion that reconceptualization of the course framework is needed and presents practical suggestions aimed at developing a more holistic worldview and raising ecological awareness without fundamentally restructuring the whole textbook.

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Embedding sustainability into English environment: a holistic approach

Руденко

2023

E3S Web Conf.

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“…These influences can be in the form of destroying or preserving ecosystems that others life depend on. These effects are one of the result of media manipulation through the using of euphemism and dysphemism [3][4][5].…”

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“…Several studies have been conducted in analyzing environmental discourse. One of them is the vocabulary used that maintaining peaceful society [3,5,9]. This study used printed newspaper and online newspaper from Indonesia media which are Gatra, majalah Tempo, majalah Trust, harian Kompas, harian Kabar Indonesia, harian Media Indonesia, harian Suara Merdeka, and harian Surabaya Pagi.…”

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The Depiction of Environmental Preservation by Indonesian Media: Study of Euphemism and Dysphemism

Degaf¹,

Nabila²,

Amrullah³

2023

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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This study focuses on euphemism and dysphemism in news texts on environmental discourse in Indonesia. Three Indonesia mainstream medias which are CNN, Detikcom, and Kompas are chosen as the data. Using descriptive qualitative we discover that the use of euphemisms and dysphemism in a linguistic perspective is not only limited to softening and degrading meaning but also to manipulating audiences. For example, the use of euphemisms to describe the impact of environmental damage will soften the impact, "menghilangkan bentang alam" is used to describe a destroyed area due to the project, and "lahan yang terdampak" means the area areas that are potentially damaged by the project. Meanwhile, the use of dysphemism will add a bad impression to residents who try to protect their environment, such as "Penolakan Pembangunan" that seems disapproving of Indonesia's progress and "aksi unjuk rasa" carried out for natural exploitation projects development. In conclusion, most of the use of euphemisms and dysphemism by the media does not support environmental conservation because words that should have been clarified in their meaning to give awareness to the environment crisis are instead being softened, on the contrary, people's actions for the environment are described as bad behaviour.

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Reporting International Conflicts Through the Environmental Discourse: The Moroccan Sahara Conflict as a Case Study

Cited by 2 publications

References 26 publications

Embedding sustainability into English environment: a holistic approach

Embedding sustainability into English environment: a holistic approach

The Depiction of Environmental Preservation by Indonesian Media: Study of Euphemism and Dysphemism

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