Do ELT coursebooks still suffer from gender inequalities? A case study from Turkey

Demir, Yusuf; YAVUZ, MUSTAFA

Do ELT coursebooks still suffer from gender inequalities? A case study from Turkey

Yusuf DEMİR, (Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Konya, Türkiye)

Mustafa YAVUZ (Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Konya, Türkiye)

Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies

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Yıl: 2017 Cilt: 13 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 103 - 122 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 20-03-2019

Do ELT coursebooks still suffer from gender inequalities? A case study from Turkey

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Gender discrimination is still a hot debate running in the periphery of education. One way it is imposed onstudents is through printed materials and coursebooks, particularly those used for foreign language teachinggiven their rich linguistic content and content-based nature. This paper reports on a study which investigatedgender representations in an ELT coursebook series Yes You Can, published by the Turkish Ministry ofEducation for public high schools in Turkey. The study draws on nine different categories in order to reveal thegender-biased components in the coursebook from multiple perspectives, if any. Analyses were conducted onboth verbal and pictorial contents on a page-by-page basis. Descriptive statistiscs were used to describe thenumerical data and chi-square tests were conducted to test significance between the observed and expectedvalues. It was found that, for the most part, there were not indications of gender inequality throughout thecoursebook series. The findings are promising in terms of reflecting a fair representation of males and females,offering a glimmer of hope for the new-generation ELT coursebooks. Suggestions are made for coursebookwriters and further research.

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İngilizce ders kitaplarında cinsiyetçilik hâlâmevcut mudur? Türkiye‟den bir durum çalışması

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Cinsiyet ayrımcılığı, eğitim çevrelerinde tartışılan güncel konulardan biridir. Bu ayrımcılığın öğrencilere dayatılma şekillerinden birisi de basılı ders materyalleri ve ders kitapları ile olmaktadır. Zengin dilsel içeriği ve içerik temelli yapısıyla, özellikle yabancı dil ders kitapları bu suistimale çoğu kez daha müsaittir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye‟deki devlet liselerinde okutulmak üzere Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı tarafından hazırlanmış olan Yes You Can isimli İngilizce ders kitabı serisini cinsiyet temsilleri açısından incelemektir. Bu kitap serisinde cinsiyet ayrımcılığına yönelik unsurlar varsa, bunları farklı boyutlardan ortaya koymak amacıyla dokuz farklı kategori kullanılmıştır. Hem sözlü hem de resimsel içerikler analiz edilmiş olup, betimsel istatistikten ve ki-kare testlerinden yararlanılmıştır. Sonuç olarak, genel anlamda, Yes You Can ders kitabı serisinde cinsiyet eşitsizliği barındıran unsurlara rastlanmamıştır. Çalışmanın bulguları, erkek ve kadınların eşit temsilini yansıtması bakımından yeni nesil İngilizce ders kitapları için ümit vericidir. Ayrıca, ders kitabı yazarlarına ve gelecek çalışmalara dair önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

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APA	Demir Y, YAVUZ M (2017). Do ELT coursebooks still suffer from gender inequalities? A case study from Turkey. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 13(1), 103 - 122.
Chicago	Demir Yusuf,YAVUZ MUSTAFA Do ELT coursebooks still suffer from gender inequalities? A case study from Turkey. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 13, no.1 (2017): 103 - 122.
MLA	Demir Yusuf,YAVUZ MUSTAFA Do ELT coursebooks still suffer from gender inequalities? A case study from Turkey. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol.13, no.1, 2017, ss.103 - 122.
AMA	Demir Y,YAVUZ M Do ELT coursebooks still suffer from gender inequalities? A case study from Turkey. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2017; 13(1): 103 - 122.
Vancouver	Demir Y,YAVUZ M Do ELT coursebooks still suffer from gender inequalities? A case study from Turkey. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2017; 13(1): 103 - 122.
IEEE	Demir Y,YAVUZ M "Do ELT coursebooks still suffer from gender inequalities? A case study from Turkey." Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 13, ss.103 - 122, 2017.
ISNAD	Demir, Yusuf - YAVUZ, MUSTAFA. "Do ELT coursebooks still suffer from gender inequalities? A case study from Turkey". Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 13/1 (2017), 103-122.