Gender, Participation and Silence in the Language Classroom

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction: Silence and Second Language Learning

   1. Introduction: Silence and Second Language Learning

      • Allyson Julé

      Pages 1-8

3. Intersubjectivity, Language Classrooms, and Gender

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Intersubjectivity in Language Classrooms

      • Allyson Julé

      Pages 11-18

   3. Gender in Language Education

      • Allyson Julé

      Pages 19-43

   4. What a Language Student Needs

      • Allyson Julé

      Pages 45-57

4. A Case Study of One Room, One Voice

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59

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   2. One Language Classroom

      • Allyson Julé

      Pages 61-81

   3. Teacher Talk and Linguistic Space

      • Allyson Julé

      Pages 83-118

   4. Girl Talk

      • Allyson Julé

      Pages 119-142

5. Sh-shushing Girls in Language Classrooms

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Ethnicity and Gender: A Double Whammy

      • Allyson Julé

      Pages 145-156

6. Back Matter

   Pages 157-179

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In this first-hand study of the relationship of gender, ethnicity and the participation of children within an English-language teaching classroom, Julé re-assesses Lacan's approach to belonging with other theoretical approaches to gender and language, making use of case-study methods. She asks key questions: Are there observable tendencies in the way that boys and girls receive and use talk in the classroom? How might such tendencies be constructed or encouraged within an ESL classroom, where gender and ethnicity intersect in particular ways?

• English
• ESL
• gender
• language classroom
• language teaching

'This book would be a wonderful resource for any Teacher Education Program, as it deeply explores the effects of a well-meaning teacher on the linguistic, intellectual, social, and personal development of her students and how, without realizing it, teachers can inhibit or limit their students' participation through preconceived stereotypes about gender or home culture.' - Laura Hill-Bonet, Journal of Sociolinguistics

DR ALLYSON JULÉ is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Glamorgan, and has also lectured in English and Applied Linguistics at Simon Fraser University, Trinity Western University, and the University of British Columbia, Canada.

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