Gender & ESL Writing

[Ekaterina Moore]

I am also writing a thesis on gender in EFL context, mine 
is on gender representation in EFL textbooks. Sunderland 
has written on the topic. YOu could find relevant articles 
in "TESOL Quarterly"and TESL Canada Journal; Journal of 
SEcond Language Writing might also be a good source for 
your student. Here are some of the references that I found 
that relate to my study. May be she'll find it relevant as 
well.

Ekaterina Moore

Brantmeier, C. (2003). Does gender make a difference? 
Passage content and
comprehension in second language reading. Reading in a 
Foreign Language, 15 (1), 5-25.


Giaschi, P. (2000). Gender positioning in education: A 
critical image analysis of
	ESLTexts. TESL Canada Journal/ Revue TESL Du Canada, 18 
(1), 32-46.

Hartman, P.L., & Judd, E.I. (1978). Sexism and TESOL 
materials. TESOL
	Quarterly, 12 (4), 383-393.

Jule, A. (2002) Speaking their sex; A study of gender and 
linguistic space in an
ESL classroom.TESL Canada Journal/ Revue TESL Du Canada, 
19 (2), 37-51.

Jones, M. (1997). Discourse roles, gender and language 
textbook dialogues:
Who learns what from John and Sally? Gender and Education, 
9 (4), 469-490.

Kubota, R. (2003). New approaches to gender, class, and 
race in second
	language writing. Journal of Second language Writing, 12 
(1), 31-47.

Lesikin, J. (1998). Determining social prominence: A 
methodology for uncovering
  gender bias in ESL textbooks. College ESL, 8 (1), 83-97.
  

Porreca, K.L. (1984) Sexism in current  ESL textbooks. 
TESOL Quarterly, 18 (4),
	705-724.

Rifkin, J. (1980). Gender representation in foreign 
language textbooks: A case
study of textbooks in Russia. The Modern Language Journal, 
82 (2), 217-236.

Sunderland, J. (2000). New understanding of gender and 
language classroom
research: Texts, teacher talk and student talk. Language 
Teaching Research, 4 (2), 149-173.

Sunderland, J. (2001). From bias “In the Text” 
to “Teacher Talk Around the Text”.
An exploration of teacher discourse and gendered foreign 
language textbook texts. Linguistics and Education, 11 
(3), 251-286.

Yen, Y. (2000). Identity issues in EFL and ESL textbooks: 
A sociocultural
perspective. (Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State 
University, 2003). Dissertation Abstracts International 61 
(5), 1772-A.

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:46:00 +0330
  Massoud Yaghoubi-Notash <myagoubi at TABRIZU.AC.IR> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> One of my students is doing her MA thesis on 
>sociolinguistic  realizations of gender (gendered 
>self-representation) in ESL/EFL  context. I would greatly 
>appreciate if I can have your comments on  where and how 
>to find relevant findings.
> 
> Best,
> Massoud Yaghoubi-Notash (PhD)
> The University of Tabriz, Tabriz, IRAN