Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society
This study explores the issue of gender inequality displayed in action verbs found in English language secondary school textbooks using the Hidden Curriculum Theory. The two aspects of hidden curriculum are the frequency imbalance, i.e., male occurrences are more than female, and gender stereotyping...
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| author | Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani, Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin, Bahiyah Abd Hamid, Yuen, Chee Keong Zarina Othman, Azhar Jaludin, |
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| description | This study explores the issue of gender inequality displayed in action verbs found in English language secondary school textbooks using the Hidden Curriculum Theory. The two aspects of hidden curriculum are the frequency imbalance, i.e., male occurrences are more than female, and gender stereotyping based on roles, i.e., masculine against feminine activities. This study used both quantitative and qualitative methods for collecting data. Wordsmith Tools 4.0 (WST) was used to analyse five categories of action verbs: activity verbs, process verbs, verbs of bodily sensation, transitional event verbs, and momentary verbs. The concordance tool from the WST was used to tabulate occurrences based on gender portrayals. School teachers who taught English at secondary schools were also interviewed to validate the findings and link them to the theoretical framework used. The findings reveal gender inequality is evident in these textbooks. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:30452016-12-14T06:33:24Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/ Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani, Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin, Bahiyah Abd Hamid, Yuen, Chee Keong Zarina Othman, Azhar Jaludin, This study explores the issue of gender inequality displayed in action verbs found in English language secondary school textbooks using the Hidden Curriculum Theory. The two aspects of hidden curriculum are the frequency imbalance, i.e., male occurrences are more than female, and gender stereotyping based on roles, i.e., masculine against feminine activities. This study used both quantitative and qualitative methods for collecting data. Wordsmith Tools 4.0 (WST) was used to analyse five categories of action verbs: activity verbs, process verbs, verbs of bodily sensation, transitional event verbs, and momentary verbs. The concordance tool from the WST was used to tabulate occurrences based on gender portrayals. School teachers who taught English at secondary schools were also interviewed to validate the findings and link them to the theoretical framework used. The findings reveal gender inequality is evident in these textbooks. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/1/8-Mohd_faeiz_Ikram_et_al.pdf Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani, and Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin, and Bahiyah Abd Hamid, and Yuen, Chee Keong and Zarina Othman, and Azhar Jaludin, (2011) Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 17 (specia). pp. 61-73. ISSN 0128-5157 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/3L/3LHome.html |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani, Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin, Bahiyah Abd Hamid, Yuen, Chee Keong Zarina Othman, Azhar Jaludin, Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society |
| title | Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society |
| title_full | Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society |
| title_fullStr | Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society |
| title_full_unstemmed | Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society |
| title_short | Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society |
| title_sort | verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/1/8-Mohd_faeiz_Ikram_et_al.pdf |