Gender, Participation and Silence in the Language Classroom

In this first hand study of the relationship of gender, ethnicity and the participation of children within an English language teaching classroom, Jule 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?

Author Biography

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.