%0 Journal Article %T Teaching Critical Discourse Analysis in English and French %J - %D 2018 %X The present paper studies the importance of teaching Critical Discourse Analysis, and the challenges of teaching the same subject both in English and in French. Following the proposal of a comparative analysis of the US President¡¯s, Donald Trump, as well as the French President¡¯s, Emmanuel Macron, inauguration speeches, the need to find a common critical approach is compulsory. As discourse analysis draws students to the investigation of socially-situated texts, the research focuses on the students¡¯ engagement in the study of social interaction, context dependency, meaning in context and manipulation which derives from the comparative analysis of the two speeches. The present paper observes the students¡¯ implication in the investigation of different types of manipulation, according to Van Dijk¡¯s theories, as well as their understanding of the symbolic function of language in social life so as to acquire practical skills in the construction and interpretation of social relationships %K Ele£¿tirel S£¿ylem £¿£¿z¨¹mlemesi %K temsil %K ben ve £¿teki %K hedef kitle alg£¿s£¿ %U http://dergipark.org.tr/cankujhss/issue/42210/508059