[[alternative]]The class analysis of English textbooks in Junior highschool: A case of Cha-ing version

[[abstract]] 本研究係透過多元文化的觀點，用內容分析法，探討台北市、新北市和基隆地區99學年度採用之翰林佳音版的英文教科書內容呈現的階級問題，以瞭解此版本的階級面向的情形，本研究試圖瞭解內文與圖（相）片如何描述中上階級和勞動階級及其生活狀態，所隱含的社會階級權力關係，以及探討教科書內容與社會階級的關係。 本研究發現，此版本英文教科書再現了中上階級的生活，有關勞動階級出現的比例少，而且出現的職業幾乎都是服務業，與社會現況不符，也偏重以經濟為後盾，教育為本質的「休閒活動」。教科書也強調移民、出國讀書、工作等屬於中上階級的交流，還展演中上階級強調的和諧美好的生活。換言之，教科書不但再現了中上階級霸權的生活形態，也成為階級複製的媒介。基此，教科書編輯者與教師們在教學時，應正視勞動階級存在的事實，並同比例呈現勞動階級和中上階級的生活現況，教科書中圖片的呈現也應更加多元化，教科書的內容也要和勞動階級學童的生活經驗相呼應，如此，才能使在不同階級的學童，都能在實質平等的條件下發展，再製的現象才能真正改善。[[abstract]] This thesis is intended to explore the social class dimension through examining the textbooks of Cha-ing version for junior high school which will be used in both Taipei cities and Keelung in 2011. It adopts the content analysis to understand how the middle, upper class and working class respectively are portrayed, the underlying power relations, the relationship between the content of the textbooks and social classes. The study shows that in the textbooks the images of working class and the related occupations are underrepresented. The service sector, as well as the entertainments are largely presented. All of them don’t reflect the reality of the society. What the above is the life of middle and upper classes. The content also emphasizes the life style of middle and upper class like immigration and studying abroad and harmonious life which is valued by this class. What the findings represent the life style of middle and upper classes and the books become the medium to copy the class. Therefore, the editors of textbooks and teacher’s teaching in the school should realize the fact of the existence of working class, their life experiences and be presented proportionally in textbooks. The students from working class, then, can learn in the school the same as middle and upper classed, and the unfair phenomenon can be improved