CONSTRUCTING GENDER IN THE EFL CLASSROOM How Swedish Upper Secondary School Students Perform Gender in Oral Communication
Sammanfattning
The aim of this study is to examine if, and in that case how, Swedish upper
secondary school students perform gender in power-related ways in oral communication in a
foreign language in a classroom setting. The material used consists of transcriptions of audiorecorded
semi-authentic interaction between 25 young learners of English. The method is
mainly based on quantitative analysis in which four specific variables are examined, but
relevant instances that illustrate gender-specific power-related patterns are analyzed
qualitatively. The results of this study show the same tendencies as findings of previous
research: the male students adapted a more dominant conversational style, whereas the female
students were generally more cooperative in their interactional style.
Examinationsnivå
Student essay
Fil(er)
Datum
2015-09-30Författare
Mäkilä, Anna
Nyckelord
gender
conversational styles
interaction
interruptions
Serie/rapportnr.
SPL kandidatuppsats i engelska
SPL 2015-051
Språk
eng