This document discusses gender and English language teaching. It begins by defining key concepts like sex, gender, and sexuality. Sex refers to biological differences, while gender involves traits assigned by society and culture. Gender is not the same as sexuality. The document then discusses how language both reflects and shapes social reality and gender roles. It provides examples of sexist language and differences in language used to describe war. The document contrasts pre-feminist and feminist views on gender. It concludes by asking students to identify sexist language and discussing why understanding gender in ELT is important.

1. Week 2:
Gender and ELT
Nanang Zubaidi
nanang.zubaidi.fs@um.ac.id
Gender & ELT C & D
Universitas Negeri Malang
February 2022

2. Hello!
Today we will
discuss:
● Basic concepts of gender in the
context of ELT
● Problems of sexist and non sexist
language (the issues of gender in
ELT) 2

3. 1.
Gender
What is gender?

4. What is Gender?
Is Gender Same with Sexuality?
What is the Position of Gender in
Language? In ELT?
Why should we
understand and analyze
the issue of gender in
ELT?

5. What is Gender?
● Sarray: Gender is not sexuality.
Sexuality is more biological, gender
is like realization of human behavior.
● Zaidan: maleness in society POV
● Farah: sexuality  sexual feeling
● Gender: jenis kelamin yang tidak
dapat diubah, sexuality: sexual
orientation.
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Is Gender Same with Sexuality?

6. ● .
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7. Sex: biological maleness and
femaleness, or the physiological,
functional, anatomical differences
that distinguish men and women
Gender: traits assigned to a sex –
what maleness and femaleness
stand for – within different
societies and cultures.
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8. Language does not
simply reflect social
reality, but is also
constitutive of such
reality (shaping how we
see ourselves and the
world).
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9. Language does not
simply reflect social
reality, but is also
constitutive of such
reality (shaping how we
see ourselves and the
world).
Language does not simply reflect social reality, but is also
constitutive of such reality (shaping how we see
ourselves and the world).
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10. In two or three
columns
POLITICS
● ‘terrorist’ vs
‘freedom fighter’;
● ‘liberal’, vs ‘axis of
evil’;
● ‘woman of colour’,
‘male nurse’, vs
‘spinster’;
WAR
● 'War' vs ‘action’, vs
‘severe measures’,
vs ‘evacuating’, vs
‘rendering
harmless’.
‘
WAR
● ‘war’ vs ‘conflict’,
● ‘killing civilians’ vs
‘collateral damage’
(Bourke, 1999, 2001;
Litoselliti, 2006).
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11. Pre-Feminist vs Feminist
View on Gender
PRE-FEMINIST
● women’s and men’s language
signals biological differences,
● it symbolizes social gender roles,
● Sarray: PF: kesetaraan; F: power
● Zaidan: F: kesetaraan
FEMINIST
● Women’s and men’s language
symbolizes social gender roles
(Cameron, 1997).
‘
Farah & Ekho: F: Socio-political
movement  political  kesetaraan
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13. ● Zaidan: They rather than he/she
● Sarray: Phenomena di film women gang
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14. What are some sexist language you ever
heard before?
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15. What is the Position of Gender in
Language? In ELT?
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Sexist language
1.sex specification in the language
2.gratuitous modifiers (Miller & Swift, 1981)
3.lexical gaps or under-lexicalization
4.semantic derogation (Schulz, 1975)
5.asymmetrically gendered language items
6.connotations of language items

17. Why should we understand and analyze
the issue of gender in ELT?
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18. Can you list the difference between man
and woman in teaching and learning
English?
● .
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19. Man
…
Difference(s)
Woman
…
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20. Thank you
very much
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