Boys and Foreign Language Learning Real Boys Don't Do Languages

by Carr, Jo; Pauwels, Anne

• ISBN13: 9780230580053
• ISBN10: 023058005X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book examines the continuing poor relationship between boys and the study of foreign languages and is framed by discussion of gender socialization, gendered curriculum practices and cultural narratives about boys and schooling. The core of the book is constructed by boys themselves. Their commentaries raise important issues for language teachers and curriculum planners, but also for everyone involved in wider conversations about boys, language, literacy and education.

Author Biography

Jo Carr is Senior Lecturer in the School of Cultural and Language Studies in Education at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Anne Pauwels is Professor of Linguistics and Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Western Australia.

Table of Contents

Introduction * Gender, Schooling and Languages Education: The Case of Australia * The Gendering of Foreign Language Learning * Boys Talking * Other Boys Talking * Teachers Talking * Girls Talking about Boys * Focus on Pedagogy * Where to from Here? * References * Index

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