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Vilniaus Universitetas
2019
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- Cleaning mums and brave policemen: gender representation and gender-inclusive language in EFL teaching materials in Lithuania Annika Klein Lengua y Literatura EFL gender Lithuania sociolinguistics inclusive language Gender representation in textbooks used for teaching English as a foreign or second language (EFL/ESL) has been analysed extensively and in various countries since the 1970s. According to most studies (e.g. Hellinger 1980; Porreca 1984; Ansary and Babaji 2003; Pihlaja 2007; Lee 2016), females tend to be underrepresented and depicted in stereotypical ways, which risks reinforcing gender clichés in students (Britton and Lumpkin 1977; Peterson and Lach 1990). To date, only a few studies (Brusokaitė and Verikaitė-Gaigalienė 2015) have focused on gender representation in teaching materials used in Lithuania; moreover, teaching materials other than textbooks remain underexplored. Using corpus analysis tools and criteria adapted from previous analyses of gender representation and language use in textbooks, this study takes a both quantitative and qualitative approach to the analysis of two EFL exercise books and two EFL test books published in Lithuania between 2005 and 2017 and currently available on the Lithuanian book market. The results show that males are more visible numerically; meanwhile, females are more likely to be represented in stereotypical ways. This article argues that neither gender representation nor language use in the books reflect developments in terms of gender equality in English-speaking societies (Pauwels 2001; Romaine 2001; Baker 2010). 2019 artículo científico 2029-8935 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=694674844003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6946/694674844003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6946/694674844003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6946/694674844003/694674844003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6946/694674844003/movil https://doi.org/10.15388/TK.2019.17233 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6946 Taikomoji kalbotyra application/pdf Vilniaus Universitetas Taikomoji kalbotyra (Lituania) Vol.12