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Laughing at Moral Failings: A Qualitative Case Study of Character Strengths and Failures in Friends | ||
| Teaching English as a Second Language Quarterly | ||
| مقالات آماده انتشار، پذیرفته شده، انتشار آنلاین از تاریخ 23 خرداد 1405 | ||
| نوع مقاله: Research Paper | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22099/tesl.2026.55179.3468 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Seyyedeh Fahimeh Parsaiyan* 1؛ Fatemeh Esmaeelzadeh2 | ||
| 1Department of English, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran | ||
| 2PhD student in TESOL at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan | ||
| چکیده | ||
| In recent years, a growing body of scholarship has focused on incorporating Positive Education (PE)—an educational approach that integrates academic achievement with the intentional cultivation of moral flourishing, and holistic well-being—into foreign language education. This line of inquiry has generated a range of studies investigating the capacity of ELT materials to facilitate moral values transmission. Nevertheless, considerably less scholarly attention has been directed toward examining how authentic materials represent character strengths and character failures (vices and moral shortcomings), and how exposure to such portrayals may influence language learners’ character development. Framed within the Values in Action (VIA) Classification framework, the present study investigated the pedagogical potential of sitcoms for supporting language learning while simultaneously serving as a vehicle for the representation of character strengths and failures. The study drew on the experiences of 20 Iranian EFL teachers and learners through in-depth interviews, complemented by a Qualitative Content Analysis of character strengths and failures depicted in selected episodes of Friends. The findings indicated that both groups of participants recognized the influence of sitcoms across linguistic, cultural, and character-related domains, although the extent and durability of these effects were seen to vary. Moreover, the content analysis revealed that, while Friends portrays instances of character strengths such as kindness and social intelligence, it predominantly depicts moral failings, including infidelity, lack of self-regulation, and offensive humor. The study offers practical implications for syllabus designers, EFL teachers, and learners by informing more critical, reflective, and culturally responsive selection and use of media in language education. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| qualitative content analysis؛ English language learning؛ materials؛ positive education؛ VIA classification | ||
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