Girls, Boys and Language by J Swann
How do girls and boys use language - in the community and when they come to school? Are the types of language used by girls and boys simply different, or do they contribute to inequalities between the sexes? What are the implications of gender differences, and inequalities, for teaching, learning and assessment? How can teachers monitor girls' and boys' language in the classroom? And how can they introduce 'equal opportunities' in and through language. These are some of the issues considered in this book. It provides a brief overview of gender and language - focusing on research that is particularly relevant to education. It looks at gender differences in classroom interaction; and at images of girls and boys as readers and writers - does the aptitude demonstrated by many girls actually operate to their long-term disadvantage? And it discusses some of the many strategies teachers have adopted to provide equality of opportunity for girls and boys. Throughout the book the emphasis is on providing information that is of practical value to teachers. One of the later chapters provides guidance for teachers who wish to monitor written and spoken language in their own school or classroom.
JOAN SWANN Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Language and Communication at The Open University. She has edited numerous books, including A Dictionary of Sociolinguistics with EUP in 2004 and The Art of English; everyday creativity with Palgrave Macmillan in 2006. ROB POPE Professor of English and UK National Teaching Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. He is the author of Creativity: Theory, History, Practice and The English Studies Book: Language, Literature and Culture. RONALD CARTER Professor of Modern English Language in the School of English studies at the University of Nottingham. He is Director of the Humanities Research Centre and the author of many acclaimed works in the field, including Language and Creativity: The Art of Common Talk, Introducing the Grammar of Talk and The Cambridge Grammar of English: A Comprehensive Guide to Spoken and Written Grammar.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780631164692 |
| ISBN 10 | 0631164693 |
| Title | Girls, Boys and Language |
| Author | J Swann |
| Series | Language In Education |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 1992-09-10 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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