The grammar of folklorization: An integrated critical discourse analysis of the linguistic depiction of Amazigh social actors in selected Moroccan EFL textbooks (1980s-present)

Figures & data

Table 1. The occurrences of festivals in Moroccan EFL textbooks

	Amazigh (Exclusive)	Moroccan (Inclusive)	Chi-Square	p-value
Festivals (N= 13)	8 61.53 %	5 38.46%	.692	.405
Inter-rater reliability	α= 0.96

Table 2. Results of the linguistic inclusion of male and female social actors

	Females	Males	χ^2	Asymp. Sig
linguistic Inclusion (N=26)	17 65.38%	9 34.61%	2.462 —–	.117 —–

Table 3. Results of role allocation for female social actors

	Activated	passivated	χ^2	Asymp. Sig	Inter-rater reliability
Females	23 63.88%	13 36.11%	2.778	.096	α= 0.83
Total	N= 36/100%

Table 4. Results of processes featuring Amazigh women

Processes	Material	Mental	Verbal	Relational	Behavioral	α
Females N=33	7 21.21%	1 3.03%	2 6.06%	4 12.12%	19 57.57%	0.73 —-

Figure 1. Brightly colored motifs and elaborate silver and amber jewelry that ‘Berber’ women occasionally wear (Becker, 2006, p. 43).

Table

		Textbooks	Level	Year	House and place of publication
THE GERMINAL PHASE	Students’ Books	Steps to English	1^st year	1981	Libraire Al Maarif: Rabat
		Further Steps in English	2^nd year	1996	SODEN: Mohammedia
		English in Life	1^st year	1992	Nejah Eljadida: Casablanca
		English in Life	2^nd year	1993	Nejah Eljadida: Casablanca
		English in Life	3^rd year	1993	Nejah Eljadida: Casablanca
	Ancillaries	Further Steps in English	Teacher’s Book	1988	Nejah Eljadida: Casablanca
		English in Life 1^st year	Teacher’s Book	1992	Nejah Eljadida: Casablanca
		English in Life 2^nd year	Teacher’s Book	1993	Nejah Eljadida: Casablanca
		English in Life 2^nd year	Workbook	1995	El Maarif Eljadida: Casablanca
		Textbooks	Level	Year	House and Place of Publication
THE CRITICAL PHASE	Students’ books	Quick Way 1	1^st Year	2003	Beni Snassen: Salé
		Quick Way 2	2^nd Year	2003	Beni Snassen: Salé
		Quick Way 3	3^rd Year	2005	Librairie Alouma: Casablanca
		Focus	9^th Grade	2004	Nadia Edition : Casablanca
		English Horizons	9^th Grade	2005	Scochpress, Casablanca
	Ancillaries	My Way	Activity Book	2004	Librairie Alouma:Casablanca
		Highway 3	Workbook	2002	Beni Snassen: Salé
		Quick Way1	Teacher’s book	2003	Beni Snassen: Salé
		English Horizons	workbook	2012	Scochpress, Macmillan
		Focus	Workbook	2013	Nadia Edition : Casablanca
THE TAKE-OFF PHASE	Students’ books	Al Massar	Common Core	2003	Beni Snassen: Salé
		Ticket to English 1	1^st year	2003	Beni Snassen: Salé
		Gateway to English1	1^st year	2005	Librairie Alouma:Casablanca
		Ticket to English2	2^nd year	2004	Librairie Alouma:Casablanca
		Insights to English 2	2^nd year	2002	Beni Snassen: Salé
		Gateway into English2	2^nd year	2003	Beni Snassen: Salé
		Al Massar	Workbook	2007	Nadia Edition: Casablanca
	Ancillaries	Ticket to English1	Workbook	2009	D.I. O. EL. Hadita: Csaablanca
		Gateway to English 1	Workbook	2008	Nadia Edition: Casablanca
		Gateway to Englsih 2	Workbook	2007	Nadia Edition: Casablanca
		Ticket to English 2	Workbook	2011	D.I. O. EL. Hadita: Csaablanca
		Gateway to English 2	Teacher’s Book	2007	Nadia Edition: Casablanca
		Ticket to English 2	Teacher’s Book	2007	D.I. O. EL. Hadita: Csaablanca
		Insights into English 2	Teacher’s Book	2007	Al Massie Edition : Rabat

(Said, 2019, p. 316).

Becker, C. (2006). Amazigh textiles and dress in Morocco Metaphors of Motherhood. African Arts, 39(3), 42–55. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2006.39.3.42

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Said, K. (2019). Investigating EFL textbooks in Morocco: Ethnicity, gender, and discourse: A critical discourse analysis [ Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Hassan II university, Hassan II university, Ben M’sik Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences.

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