Essays about: "Jonas Gertzell"

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  1. 1. Gender, Language and Second Language Education - a Study of Swedish EFL Textbooks

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Jonas Gertzell; [2014-02-13]
    Keywords : gender stereotypes; gender-related language; discourse analysis; EFL textbooks; speech act; engelska; hedges; uncertainty verbs; tag questions; slang words; judgmental adjectives; directives;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine whether gender stereotypical language can be found in textbooks used in the course English 5 in the Swedish upper-secondary school. Several researchers have previously found that women and men tend to use certain aspects of the English language to a different extent and previous research has also shown that material used in EFL (English as a foreign language) textbooks portrays stereotypical notions of gender. READ MORE