UNCOVERING IDEOLOGY THROUGH THE FOUR DIMENSIONS MODEL IN CRITICAL LITERACY PEDAGOGY

Abstract

The objective of this research is to create language learning tools based on the four dimensions model in critical literacy pedagogy to reveal the speaker’s meaning in discourse. The ideology of the dominant party, which seeks to uphold and legitimize its dominance, can be examined using those models as a tool to uncover the power of language. Ideologies will be discussed along with the four dimensions model as an approach in critical literacy pedagogy. Critical literacy instruction follows a conceptual framework that emphasizes the use of authentic content, multimodality, the encouragement of critical thought, and the switching and blending of L1 and L2. Meanwhile, the four dimensions model makes students competent in understanding writing fundamentally and systematically, enabling them to write from different ways of thinking, changing perspectives, and focusing on socio-political issues. To learn about power, identity, ideology, and difference, students can learn to read and critically analyze texts with the help of those conceptual frameworks of EFL teaching in critical literacy.