Janusheva, Violeta and Stojanoska, Marija (2024) Gender Sensitive Language: Nouns Denoting Profession in Macedonian Language Primary Education School Textbooks. Thesis International Research Journal, 13 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2623-8381(Online)
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Within the gender-neutral language use debate, education and school
textbooks are perceived as vital factors that can increase students’ gender
issues awareness. Previous textbooks’ research indicates the usage of gender
unfair language through utilization of the generic masculine nouns
designating profession. Thus, the present study examines the gender of the
nouns denoting occupation in Macedonian primary education and the goal is
to depict the textbooks’ role in increasing/decreasing the students’
understanding for gender matter questions. The sample consists of two
Macedonian language primary education school textbooks for sixth and
seventh grade. Each unit (noun) signifying occupation is organizationally
coded, meaning that there are boxes in which the data are sorted for further
analysis (4 boxes for feminine and masculine nouns representing occupation
in singular and plural). The codes arise from the reading and through the
coding, the meaning is analyzed. The analysis rests upon the general
qualitative interpretative-inductive approach. Research results suggest that
these two Macedonian language textbooks, regarding the feminine and
masculine nouns indicating occupation, follow the same course present in
many ELT/EFL or other language textbooks globally, meaning that there is
absolute supremacy of the masculine nouns expressing occupation.
Therefore, this paper contributes to the worldwide gender sensitive
language use discussion and encourages the efforts that should be made
towards more gender sensitive textbooks
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Humanities > Languages and literature Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Humanities > Other humanities |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Education |
| Depositing User: | Prof. d-r Violeta Januseva |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2024 15:02 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2024 15:02 |
| URI: | https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/10261 |
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