A Study of Ideological-Political Instruction in Systemic Functional Linguistics Class

Abstract

Ideological-political instruction in curricula is a hot topic in the current education of various levels in China, and it is also a crucial element in the courses and classes of the discipline of foreign languages and literature. Systemic functional linguistics as a mainstream general linguistics theory has become an obligatory or optional course in the graduate and undergraduate program for majors of foreign languages and literature. This paper aims to investigate the ideological-political factors in systemic functional linguistics, mainly focusing on the meta-functions. It is hoped that this study can provide a little implication and inspiration in the study of the ideological-political instruction in systemic functional linguistics in particular as well as in linguistics in general.