gender discourse analysis in english textbooks

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1、GenderDiscourseAnalysisinEnglishTextbooks课本中的性别语篇系统分析 摘要:男女在社会中所扮演的角色不仅是一种文化的体现，而且是一种语言现象。本文对中国目前广泛使用的大学英语精读课本进行了性别语篇系统分析。通过调查三种英语教科书中男女角色在课本中出现的数量比例，赋予男女性的职业或社会角色以及男女的性格品质，从而分析其中的性别主义倾向。作为知识载体的英语教科书中性别的缺失会对语言学习者产生负面的影响，作者在此呼吁教育工作者对教材中性别主义现象的重视，以改变不平等的社会现象。关键词:男

2、性女性性别英语课本Abstract:Whatrolesmenandwomenplayinthesocietyisaculturalrepresentationaswellasalinguisticphenomenon.ThispaperexaminesgenderrepresentationinthreeEnglishTextbooksusedatthetertiarylevelinChina.Thedataselectedfromthesereadingtextbooksareanalyzedalongthegend

3、erlinesfornumberofmalesandfemaleswhoappear,numberofoccupationsattributedtoeachgroupandthepersonalitiesofmalesandfemales.Englishtextbooksarethecarriersofknowledgeoflanguageforlanguagelearnersandsexismintextbooksmayhavenegativeinfluenceonlanguagelearners.Theaimofq

4、uantifyingsuchfactorsistorevealhowmenandwomenaredepictedinEnglishtextbooks.Theauthorhopesthateducatorsshouldpayattentiontothesexismintheteachingmaterialsandtothegenderbalancebetweenmalesandfemales.KeyWords:MaleFemaleGenderEnglishTextbook 1IntroductionGenderDisco

5、urseistherepresentationsofmaleandfemaleparticipantsincommunication.Ourconsiderationofdifferentculturalgroupsbetweenmaleandfemaleisregardedasthemajorcauseofgenderdifferences,sexismandothergenderissuesinthegenderdiscoursesystem.AsEnglishisbecominganimportantmedium

6、ofinternationalcommunication,EnglishlanguagelearninginChinaisbooming,andconsequently,Englishlanguagetextbooksareingreatdemand.Everyyear,textbooksarepublishedtocatertotheneedsoflanguagelearners.Butitmustbenoticedthatthesexistelementscanfindtheirexpressionswithint

7、hetextbooks.Theuseofsexisttextswillinfluencelearners’viewpointsandevenlifespontaneously.Thus,thesexisminthetextbookscannotbeneglected.TheobjectiveofthepresentstudyistodeterminehowgenderrolesarerepresentedinanumberofEnglishtextbooksdesignedforusebyChinesestudents

8、.Dothetextbooksembedsexism?Iftheydo,howisthesexismconveyed?ThesignificanceofthepresentstudyistohelpChineseEnglishtextbookauthorsandpublishers,aswellasChineseteachersa