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This study focuses on textbooks’ embedded themes about human values in secondary level ELT textbooks of Pakistan, namely Baluchistan Textbook Board (BTB) Quetta, Sindh Textbook Board (STB) Jamshoro, Khyber Pakhtunkhwah Textbook Board (KTB) Peshawar and Punjab Textbook Board (PTB) Lahore. To accomplish the objectives, the study is delineated into two distinct parts: in part one human values related textbook contents have been identified and analyzed by using Fairclough’s (1995) three-dimensional framework augmented by Van dijk’s (2006) socio-cognitive approach. The second part of the study is dedicated to obtaining readership’s conceptions related to human values through questionnaire-based survey all over the country. The study reveals an adequate inclusion of human-values related themes in all four ELT textbooks. The findings of part 2 indicate that human values related to tolerance and equality are adequately present in readership’s minds. In contrast, virtues such as honesty and patience are found lacking among young males and females. The research recommends a human values-based test of all textbooks at the national level before publication to ensure improved human values related contents in the syllabus as directed in National Curriculum of Pakistan. |
