Publications

Publication details [#55298]

Chang, Chi Cheung Ruby. 2011. Gender representation in a Hong Kong primary English textbook series: the relationship between language planning and social policy. Current Issues in Language Planning 12 (1) : 77–88.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language teaching | gender | language planning | social policy | textbook

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Exploring the content and language of a lately published Hong Kong English language textbook series for grade one students for its gender representation, this study shows that males and females are nearly evenly represented and portrayed in an identical series of activities.