Why Boys into Languages Won't Go: The Problematic Gender Agenda in Languages Education.

Carr, Jo

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ERIC Number: EJ659459

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Publication Date: 2002

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Why Boys into Languages Won't Go: The Problematic Gender Agenda in Languages Education.

Carr, Jo

Babel, v37 n2 p4-9 Spr 2002

Examines why boys do not study languages in Australia. Focuses on what boys themselves are thinking and what their perceptions of their relationship with languages are. Looks at boys specific attitudes toward language learning, what they perceive to be the relevance of language learning, and what their perceptions are of the profile of language in the school "curriculum stakes." (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Enrollment, Males, Relevance (Education), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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