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The French Textbook in Algerian Secondary Education: The Language of the Other in Service of National Identity Construction.

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Title: The French Textbook in Algerian Secondary Education: The Language of the Other in Service of National Identity Construction.
Authors: Zohir, KHELLAF1 zouhir.khellaf@univ-tebessa.dz, Abdeldjabar, KHODJA2 abdeldjabar.khodja@cu-barika.dz
Source: Pegem Journal of Education & Instruction / Pegem Egitim ve Ögretim. 2026, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p172-184. 13p.
Subject Terms: *Curriculum, *Linguistics education, *Secondary education, *Teaching methods, National character, Linguistic analysis, Linguistic identity, Narration
Geographic Terms: Algeria
Abstract: This article examines how the Frenchlanguage textbook for the third year of secondary education in Algeria mobilizes French to construct a national identity discourse. Through a linguistic, enunciative and didactic analysis of the textbook's textual corpus, we demonstrate that text selection, lexical choices, pedagogical devices, and the emotional markers of testimonies all converge toward a single aim: shaping an Algerian citizen capable of commemorating, feeling, bearing witness, arguing and engaging in French. Particular attention is paid to the emotional dimension of testimony texts, a frequently overlooked vector of identity transmission. The article draws on a reading of the textbook published by the ONPS, intended for all third-year secondary students, regardless of their academic track. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: This article examines how the Frenchlanguage textbook for the third year of secondary education in Algeria mobilizes French to construct a national identity discourse. Through a linguistic, enunciative and didactic analysis of the textbook's textual corpus, we demonstrate that text selection, lexical choices, pedagogical devices, and the emotional markers of testimonies all converge toward a single aim: shaping an Algerian citizen capable of commemorating, feeling, bearing witness, arguing and engaging in French. Particular attention is paid to the emotional dimension of testimony texts, a frequently overlooked vector of identity transmission. The article draws on a reading of the textbook published by the ONPS, intended for all third-year secondary students, regardless of their academic track. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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