Gender and Variation in Language Used by English Language Teachers at Secondary Level

Abstract

This study entitled Gender and Variation in Language used by English Language Teachers at Secondary Level is an endeavor for the exploration of language variation in English language teaching. The major purpose of study was to explore the male and female teachers' language varieties during classroom English language teaching in terms of some paralinguistic features such as morphology, minimal response, turn-taking,and politeness form.Along with it, this study also found that how the male and female teachers used varieties of linguistic terms differently in the same contexts with students. For the study, altogether 5 males and 5 females English language teachers from public schools at Kathmandu valley were purposively selected. Similarly, the survey was used as are search design in the study. In order to obtain the required data,the classroom observation and diary recording tools were used as major tools for the data collection from selected informants.The required data were analyzed qualitatively with descriptive approach and using simple statistical tool i.e. percentage. The major findings of the study show that all the informants had used turns,politeness forms, varieties words and minimal responses during the real classroom teaching.The male and female teachers used different paralinguistic features for asking permission, direction, agreement, requesting,and allocation facilitation, responsive and suggestive manner.Especially, female teachers used more paralinguistic features and discourse he dgesin same situation rather than the male teachers did in the classroom interaction.The more politeness from of language also used by female teachers rather than male teachers did every situation in the classroom with students.Similarly, such kinds of various stylistic linguistic terms used by male and female teachers help to created the different atmosphere in the classroom teaching. Therefore, it was also explored that such language variation of male and female teachers played vital role to make the classroom motivational, interactive, effective, responsive,directive ix and creative as well. On the other hand,it helps to remove the shyness of the students as well. The language variation used by male and female teachers in the classroom can be adopted by the students in their own practical life either ina case of classroom environment or informally interaction with friends. Finally,the study has been identified male and female teachers' language variation in real classroom satiation in terms of minimal response, turn-taking, morphology and politeness from.The present study consists of five chapters. The first chapter consists of the introductory part of the study. The second chapter includes the review of related theoretical, empirical literature and conceptual framework. Similarly,the third chapter includes the method and procedure of the study. Likewise,fourth chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of the result. Finally fifth chapter consists of the findings, conclusion, recommendation, references and appendices are included at the last part of this study. x Dhan Bahadur Khati