A Semiotic Analysis of Gender Representation in EFL Textbooks Case Study: The Four Algerian Textbooks
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2019
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UNIVERSITY OF ABBES LAGHROUR-KHENCHELA
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The current research provides an investigation of a crucial phenomenon in English foreing
language . It is about the analysis of gender representation in visuals and dialogues included
in textbooks. To reach our aim, we followed content analysis with a view to spot the light on
gender roles and gender relationships as they are displayed in textbooks used in the Algerian
educational system. The visuals were analysed according to the Social Semiotic Multimodal
Approach.The results showedthat visuals and dialogues in textbooks may develop bias and
wrong representation on the part of foreign language learners. Females are underrepresented
in comparison to males .There is a noticibale imbalance in favor of males .Women has been
represented as marginalized and powerless. Taking such results into account, teachers must
be aware of how to deal and tackle visuals and dialogues that stand for gender roles and
relationships.