The Role of Gender in L2 Interaction. Socialization via L2 Materials

Given the importance placed on student-student interaction in today's second language (L2) classroom, this article seeks to examine target language interaction models presented to L2 students. Specifically, this investigation reviews how male and female interaction styles are presented to L2 le...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Gascoigne, Carolyn
Format: article
Publication Date:2003
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repository:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/989
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/989
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Humanidades
Humanities
Filología hispánica
Spanish philology
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Summary:Given the importance placed on student-student interaction in today's second language (L2) classroom, this article seeks to examine target language interaction models presented to L2 students. Specifically, this investigation reviews how male and female interaction styles are presented to L2 leamers in target language scripts such as textbook and workbook dialogues and audio segments in order to determine whether or not pedagogical materials reinforce stereotypical gender-typed interaction styles.