An Analysis of Gender-bias Language and Illustrations in Iranian First Grade Junior English Book

تخفیف ویژه

Abstract

Unfortunately, gender bias is almost reflected in many books and usually it is in favor of men. In the current study, the newly published book of the grade one of junior schools was studied for the depictions of gender bias through textbooks and pictures. The results revealed that visual appearance of males was more frequent than females. The result also indicates that the number of males' specific pronouns and the diversity of roles attributed to them were more than females; while the numbers of utterances produced by females were more. The results indicate the occurrence of gender bias in the pictures and textbooks.

Key Words: Junior School, ELT textbook, Pictures, Gender bias

Table OF Contents

Table of Contents                           i

Lists of Tables                                  ii

Lists of Abbreviations                      iii

         Abstract                                           iv

     CHAPTER ONE:

        1. Introduction                                     1

     CHAPTER TWO:

        2. Review of Literature                          4

  CHAPTER THREE:      

         3. Method                                          7

       3.1. Picture analysis                                 7

       3.2. Content analysis                               7

   CHAPTER FOUR:      

      4. Result and Discussion                     8

   4.1. Result of Picture Analysis            8

      4.2. Result of Content Analysis          11

    CHAPTER FIVE:

   5. Conclusion                                        14

   References                                15