Research on sexist language in EFL literature: towards a non-sexist approach

[EN] Centred on studies on language and gender, this article presents the results of a discourse analysis that examines the discourse practices of some of the most representative EFL textbooks published in the last decades in Spain. The analysis shows that women were subrepresented in the textbooks...

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Autor: Pérez-Sabater, Carmen|||0000-0002-8475-6790
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/63096
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/63096
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Discourse analysis
EFL
Gender bias
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Análisis del discurso
Enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera
Discriminación sexual
Marco Común Europeo de Referencia para las Lenguas (MCER)
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
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Sumario:[EN] Centred on studies on language and gender, this article presents the results of a discourse analysis that examines the discourse practices of some of the most representative EFL textbooks published in the last decades in Spain. The analysis shows that women were subrepresented in the textbooks published in the last decades of the 20th century. On the contrary, a very different situation occurs in the materials of the corpus calibrated to The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages since they reveal a balanced representation of sexes1, favouring, in some cases, a positive discrimination approach towards women.