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05EAH226 Functions of tropes in an English language textbook for Uzbek schools. Eurasian Academic Horizons. 2026; 3(2). Available at: https://eahjournal.ru/PDF/05EAH226.pdf (in Russian).

Functions of tropes in an English language textbook for Uzbek schools

Kenjaeva Ozoda Uktam kizi
Educational and Scientific Research Center «Yakhont», Jizzakh, Republic of Uzbekistan
E-mail: kenjayevaozoda@49gmail.com

Abstract. Although a foreign language textbook is often perceived merely as a methodological artifact (a set of exercises and texts according to the curriculum), from a linguistic perspective it represents a rare object for independent analysis: its text forms a specific type of institutional discourse with a particular pragmatics, and the language tools used purposefully structure the student’s thinking, ensuring a transition. from the known to the unknown through imagery, analogy, and comparison. In this regard, the scientific article is devoted to the analysis of tropes in the English language textbook Prepare! Grade 7 for Uzbek schools. The aim of the work is to identify what types of tropes are used in the textbook, what their frequency is, and what functions they perform: whether they help to explain abstract grammatical material or serve to emotionally engage students in reading texts. The theoretical basis of the study consists of classical works on stylistics and modern studies of educational text as an independent type. The material used consists of fragments from the textbook Prepare! Grade 7 (adapted edition for Uzbekistan). Seven grammar sections and two reading texts were analysed using the continuous sampling method. The results showed that tropes are completely absent in the grammatical explanations; in the reading texts and vocabulary exercises, there are isolated, structurally simple, and conventionalized metaphors. The authors of the textbook avoid figurative language when explaining grammar and prefer the inductive method and practice exercises. The analysis results call into question the assertion, common in methodological literature, that the use of figurative language is necessary for mastering abstract grammatical material.

Keywords: tropes; educational text; English language textbook; metaphor; stylistics; functional stylistics; pedagogical discourse; figurative means

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