Gender, Participation and Silence in the Language Classroom: Sh-Shushing the Girls

by Allyson Jule

Book Overview

In this first-hand study of the relationship of gender, ethnicity and the participation of children within an English-language teaching classroom, Jul? re-assesses Lacan's approach to belonging with other theoretical approaches to gender and language, making use of case-study methods. She asks key questions: Are there observable tendencies in the way that boys and girls receive and use talk in the classroom? How might such tendencies be constructed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349512524
• ISBN13: 9781349512522
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"