Research Article

THE CONCEPT OF GENDER IN 7th. GRADE ELT COURSE BOOKS

Number: 137 September 1, 2007
  • Hatice Çubukçu
  • Pınar Sivaslıgil
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THE CONCEPT OF GENDER IN 7th. GRADE ELT COURSE BOOKS

Abstract

This study aims to investigate ELT textbooks from the perspective of gender ideology underlying the representations of female and male figures, considering that coursebooks play an important role in children’s development of ‘gender’. The 7th grade English coursebook published by the Turkish Ministry of Education has been selected as the object of investigation, mainly because they are used by a large population at state schools. Both verbal and non verbal features of the textbooks have been analyzed through the content analysis, and discourse analysis has been applied to the verbal components to depict any possible power assymmetries reflected through language between two genders

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Language Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Hatice Çubukçu This is me

Pınar Sivaslıgil This is me

Publication Date

September 1, 2007

Submission Date

January 1, 2007

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2007 Number: 137

APA
Çubukçu, H., & Sivaslıgil, P. (2007). THE CONCEPT OF GENDER IN 7th. GRADE ELT COURSE BOOKS. Dil Dergisi, 137, 7-19. https://doi.org/10.1501/Dilder_0000000076