Gender differences in EFL oral and written comprehension in 6th-grade students from Spain and Croatia

Contrary to the case of L1, gender differences in the field of L2 oral and written comprehension have been scantily studied. To address this issue, the current study aimed to investigate proficiency disparities between 6th-grade boys and girls in reading and listening comprehension of English as a f...

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Autores: Pérez Segura, José Jaime, Sánchez Ruiz, Raquel, López Campillo, Rosa María, López Cirugeda, Isabel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/173605
https://doi.org/10.12795/elia.2024.i24.4
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:English as a foreign language
oral comprehension
written comprehension
gender differences
primary education
inglés como lengua extranjera
comprensión oral
comprensión escrita
diferencias por género
educación primaria
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spelling Gender differences in EFL oral and written comprehension in 6th-grade students from Spain and CroatiaComprensión del inglés en 6º de Educación Primaria: diferencias de género en España y CroaciaPérez Segura, José JaimeSánchez Ruiz, RaquelLópez Campillo, Rosa MaríaLópez Cirugeda, IsabelEnglish as a foreign languageoral comprehensionwritten comprehensiongender differencesprimary educationinglés como lengua extranjeracomprensión oralcomprensión escritadiferencias por géneroeducación primariaContrary to the case of L1, gender differences in the field of L2 oral and written comprehension have been scantily studied. To address this issue, the current study aimed to investigate proficiency disparities between 6th-grade boys and girls in reading and listening comprehension of English as a foreign language in Spain and Croatia. In line with the literature of L1 comprehension and the few L2 studies that have tackled this matter, it was expected that girls would outperform boys in both skills and countries. To test this hypothesis, this piece of research adopted a cross-sectional design that involved 304 students evenly distributed in terms of country of origin and gender. The participants completed a reading test consisting of a 276-word text and ten questions within 20 minutes. After that, they listened to a one-and-a-half-minute audio clip twice and answered the eleven questions for the listening test. The results revealed that, while the outcomes tilted on the side of girls in Spain in both skills —being statistically significant in the case of oral comprehension—, the exact opposite phenomenon was detected in Croatia. The varying international status of each first language coupled with diverse foreign language exposure habits between genders are suggested as potential explanatory factors of these results. Learners and educators aiming at developing EFL comprehension are encouraged to consider this information; however, further research is needed to clarify it.Universidad de Sevilla, UNED2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/173605https://doi.org/10.12795/elia.2024.i24.4reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésELIA: Estudios de Lingüística Inglesa Aplicada, 24, 109-139.https://sftpinstitu.us.es/revistas/elia/24/36468_RevistaElia024_05_GenderDifferencesInEFLOralAndWritten.pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1736052026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gender differences in EFL oral and written comprehension in 6th-grade students from Spain and Croatia
Comprensión del inglés en 6º de Educación Primaria: diferencias de género en España y Croacia
title Gender differences in EFL oral and written comprehension in 6th-grade students from Spain and Croatia
spellingShingle Gender differences in EFL oral and written comprehension in 6th-grade students from Spain and Croatia
Pérez Segura, José Jaime
English as a foreign language
oral comprehension
written comprehension
gender differences
primary education
inglés como lengua extranjera
comprensión oral
comprensión escrita
diferencias por género
educación primaria
title_short Gender differences in EFL oral and written comprehension in 6th-grade students from Spain and Croatia
title_full Gender differences in EFL oral and written comprehension in 6th-grade students from Spain and Croatia
title_fullStr Gender differences in EFL oral and written comprehension in 6th-grade students from Spain and Croatia
title_full_unstemmed Gender differences in EFL oral and written comprehension in 6th-grade students from Spain and Croatia
title_sort Gender differences in EFL oral and written comprehension in 6th-grade students from Spain and Croatia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pérez Segura, José Jaime
Sánchez Ruiz, Raquel
López Campillo, Rosa María
López Cirugeda, Isabel
author Pérez Segura, José Jaime
author_facet Pérez Segura, José Jaime
Sánchez Ruiz, Raquel
López Campillo, Rosa María
López Cirugeda, Isabel
author_role author
author2 Sánchez Ruiz, Raquel
López Campillo, Rosa María
López Cirugeda, Isabel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv English as a foreign language
oral comprehension
written comprehension
gender differences
primary education
inglés como lengua extranjera
comprensión oral
comprensión escrita
diferencias por género
educación primaria
topic English as a foreign language
oral comprehension
written comprehension
gender differences
primary education
inglés como lengua extranjera
comprensión oral
comprensión escrita
diferencias por género
educación primaria
description Contrary to the case of L1, gender differences in the field of L2 oral and written comprehension have been scantily studied. To address this issue, the current study aimed to investigate proficiency disparities between 6th-grade boys and girls in reading and listening comprehension of English as a foreign language in Spain and Croatia. In line with the literature of L1 comprehension and the few L2 studies that have tackled this matter, it was expected that girls would outperform boys in both skills and countries. To test this hypothesis, this piece of research adopted a cross-sectional design that involved 304 students evenly distributed in terms of country of origin and gender. The participants completed a reading test consisting of a 276-word text and ten questions within 20 minutes. After that, they listened to a one-and-a-half-minute audio clip twice and answered the eleven questions for the listening test. The results revealed that, while the outcomes tilted on the side of girls in Spain in both skills —being statistically significant in the case of oral comprehension—, the exact opposite phenomenon was detected in Croatia. The varying international status of each first language coupled with diverse foreign language exposure habits between genders are suggested as potential explanatory factors of these results. Learners and educators aiming at developing EFL comprehension are encouraged to consider this information; however, further research is needed to clarify it.
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