Do ELT Coursebooks Still Suffer from Gender Inequalities? A Case Study from Turkey

Autor/inn/en	Demira, Yusuf; Yavuz, Mustafa
Titel	Do ELT Coursebooks Still Suffer from Gender Inequalities? A Case Study from Turkey
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 13 (2017) 1, S.103-122 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Gender Bias; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Textbooks; Textbook Content; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; High Schools; Pictorial Stimuli; Females; Mixed Methods Research; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterstereotyp; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Lehrbuchtext; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; High school; Oberschule; Fantasieanregung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Türkei
Abstract	Gender discrimination is still a hot debate running in the periphery of education. One way it is imposed on students is through printed materials and coursebooks, particularly those used for foreign language teaching given their rich linguistic content and content-based nature. This paper reports on a study which investigated gender representations in an ELT coursebook series "Yes You Can," published by the Turkish Ministry of Education for public high schools in Turkey. The study draws on nine different categories in order to reveal the gender-biased components in the coursebook from multiple perspectives, if any. Analyses were conducted on both verbal and pictorial contents on a page-by-page basis. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the numerical data and chi-square tests were conducted to test significance between the observed and expected values. It was found that, for the most part, there were not indications of gender inequality throughout the coursebook series. The findings are promising in terms of reflecting a fair representation of males and females, offering a glimmer of hope for the new-generation ELT coursebooks. Suggestions are made for coursebook writers and further research. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01