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中国大学英语教材中的性别表述

英语教材；教材研究；教材评价,性别表述,语言与性别,大学英语教学

This paper presents a study on gender representation in Chinese university English textbooks. Teaching material evaluation is the forefront of the study of language and gender in educational setting. Textbooks, as highly wrought cultural constructs and conduits for ideology transmission, tremendously affect students’ language learning and gendered identities. Much research has been conducted in many countries with different foci. In Chinese context, where this study is based, previous study predominately centered on pre-tertiary level and not much research was contributed to university English textbooks. In this research, the author intends to contribute to enlarging the research scope of gender representation in Chinese context and try to fill the gap by including the research in tertiary level. A mixed-method research will be conducted to do a quantitative analysis of English textbook contents and qualitative interviews with university English teachers. The findings of this research suggest that formal guidelines and frameworks that promote equal gender representation are required. Besides, universities need to provide teacher training to raise teachers’ awareness of gendered text and teach them how to counter the gender-biased materials.

 

本篇论文研究了中国大学英语教材中的性别表述问题。教材分析评估是语言和性别研究在教育领域的重要研究方向。英语教材作为精心设计的文化建构和意识理念的传播渠道，极大地影响了学生的语言学习和性别身份认同。英语教材中的性别表述问题在许多国家都有大量的研究，侧重点各有不同。在本文研究的中国背景中，教材中的性别表述研究主要集中在大学以前的教育阶段，大学英语教材没有受到过多的关注。在此次研究中，作者希望通过研究中国大学阶段的英语教材来扩大性别表述问题的研究范围，并且填补之前的研究空缺。本次研究采用了混合性研究方法，对英语教材的内容做了定量分析，同时对大学英语教师做了质性采访。本次研究的结果显示，我们需要正式的指导原则和框架来推动教材中性别表述的平等。除此之外，大学也需要向英语教师提供培训来提高教师对性别化文本的认知，并且指导他们如何处理带有性别偏见的教学材料。