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  • Gendered Tongues: Issues of Gender in the Foreign Language Classroom https://www.plu.edu/prism/news/gendered-tongues-issues-of-gender-in-the-foreign-language-classroom/

    Originally Published 1996 Introduction Like other disciplines such as English and Sociology, Foreign Languages also have a history in the United States which is linked to the changing values of society as a whole. The discipline of foreign language teaching has evolved over the last…

    our teaching assistants and students seeking certification. In a university context, teaching language must be recognized and rewarded as a professional option on the same level as teaching literature. Textbooks must eliminate sexist bias, and new textbooks incorporating the results of non-sexist linguistic and methodological research must be made available.  Our research needs to move in the direction of non-infantilizing teaching methods. Research on linguistics in the target language should