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The Analysis of Two Travel Narratives from Textbooks

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DOI: 10.23977/avte.2021.030401 | Downloads: 8 | Views: 808

Author(s)

He Li-Fan 1

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1 Shenzhen Longhua District Innovation Experimental School, Shenzhen, 518110, China

Corresponding Author

He Li-Fan

ABSTRACT

Through the Transitivity framework, the similarities and differences of schematic structure, the content and stylish choices, as well as the ideology imbedded in the two travel narratives has been investigated to explore genre application in second language teaching and learning.

KEYWORDS

Textbook, Travel narrative, Transitivity

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He Li-Fan, The Analysis of Two Travel Narratives from Textbooks. Advances in Vocational and Technical Education (2021) 3: 1-4. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/avte.2021.030401.

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