language and gender teaching resources

[Amy L Sheldon]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Emma Moore wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I've been invited to submit a bid to the university library to acquire
> resources for the Language and Gender course I'm putting together. I'm
> going to be asking for the usual books etc., but I wondered if anyone
> could recommend any additional resources that they have found helpful in
> their teaching. In particular, I think it might be helpful to have some
> corpora for students to use but am unsure (a) what (if anything) is
> available and (b) how practical it is for students to use such a
> resource. Can anyone advise on teaching resources?

	It's an eyeopener for students to record themselves and analyze
that, in relation to a reading. See if their data replicates or not. I
have them record themselves in conversation with someone they know and
compare results using one of the categories that Pamela Fishman looked at
in her couples study: "Interaction: The work women do" in Thorne, Kramarae
and Henley.
	It would be great if there were classroom data available.  I have
students observe and report on one of their classes, after we read a piece
by Joan Swann about asymmetrical treatment of females and males in
classrooms ("Talk control..." in the Coates, _Language and Gender, a
reader_).
Amy Sheldon


	> Many thanks,
> Emma.
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