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LyCE Estudios 15 (2012)
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others can decide whether to watch it, we could say that an
important language aspect associated with it is attitudinal lexis.
Students need an array of elements to express their opinion both
implicitly and explicitly as well as elements to make that opinion
sound more or less intense. So these texts typically function as
context for the presentation of evaluative lexis, that is, adjectives
and adverbs, and words that intensify the attitudinal meanings
expressed. They are also helpful for the presentation of
vocabulary related to the field of movies. They seem to be a very
useful context for the strategic use of language to convince our
readers to take a particular course of action. Even with students
with lower levels of proficiency, the effective expression of
attitude, both explicit and implicit, can be practiced.
We were also able to find the following differences in relation to the use
of Appraisal resources used in the Selective Analysis of elements is
the movie:
The stage Final Evaluation is most frequently realized in
relational clauses, each of which deals with an element of the
movie. In the EFL textbooks surveyed, all the elements of the
movie are very neatly dealt with in separate clauses, obviously to
facilitate comprehension.
We found that the objects of evaluation are more or less the
same: the director, the actors and other elements of the movie
such as special effects, soundtrack, others. In this respect, movie
reviews in EFL textbooks resemble the situation in authentic
reviews (King Kong is the real star of the show!; Also some
scenes are not very convincing).
The type of evaluations most frequently found in EFL texts is
inscriptions, that is, evaluative meanings are usually inscribed.
Invocations and evocations are rare in these samples. When they
appear, they realize meanings of capacity in relation to the job of
the actors or director of the movie the (acting is good; Rather
oddly, the director has given himself the part of the neighbour).
The inscriptions found realize Appreciation, both positive and
negative, in all its subtypes, that is, Valuation, Composition and
Reaction. The objects of these Appreciations are typically the