Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society

This study explores the issue of gender inequality displayed in action verbs found in English language secondary school textbooks using the Hidden Curriculum Theory. The two aspects of hidden curriculum are the frequency imbalance, i.e., male occurrences are more than female, and gender stereotyping...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani, Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin, Bahiyah Abd Hamid, Yuen, Chee Keong, Zarina Othman, Azhar Jaludin
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Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/1/8-Mohd_faeiz_Ikram_et_al.pdf

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spelling	ukm-30452016-12-14T06:33:24Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/ Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani, Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin, Bahiyah Abd Hamid, Yuen, Chee Keong Zarina Othman, Azhar Jaludin, This study explores the issue of gender inequality displayed in action verbs found in English language secondary school textbooks using the Hidden Curriculum Theory. The two aspects of hidden curriculum are the frequency imbalance, i.e., male occurrences are more than female, and gender stereotyping based on roles, i.e., masculine against feminine activities. This study used both quantitative and qualitative methods for collecting data. Wordsmith Tools 4.0 (WST) was used to analyse five categories of action verbs: activity verbs, process verbs, verbs of bodily sensation, transitional event verbs, and momentary verbs. The concordance tool from the WST was used to tabulate occurrences based on gender portrayals. School teachers who taught English at secondary schools were also interviewed to validate the findings and link them to the theoretical framework used. The findings reveal gender inequality is evident in these textbooks. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/1/8-Mohd_faeiz_Ikram_et_al.pdf Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani, and Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin, and Bahiyah Abd Hamid, and Yuen, Chee Keong and Zarina Othman, and Azhar Jaludin, (2011) Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 17 (specia). pp. 61-73. ISSN 0128-5157 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/3L/3LHome.html
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description	This study explores the issue of gender inequality displayed in action verbs found in English language secondary school textbooks using the Hidden Curriculum Theory. The two aspects of hidden curriculum are the frequency imbalance, i.e., male occurrences are more than female, and gender stereotyping based on roles, i.e., masculine against feminine activities. This study used both quantitative and qualitative methods for collecting data. Wordsmith Tools 4.0 (WST) was used to analyse five categories of action verbs: activity verbs, process verbs, verbs of bodily sensation, transitional event verbs, and momentary verbs. The concordance tool from the WST was used to tabulate occurrences based on gender portrayals. School teachers who taught English at secondary schools were also interviewed to validate the findings and link them to the theoretical framework used. The findings reveal gender inequality is evident in these textbooks.
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author	Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani, Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin, Bahiyah Abd Hamid, Yuen, Chee Keong Zarina Othman, Azhar Jaludin,
spellingShingle	Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani, Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin, Bahiyah Abd Hamid, Yuen, Chee Keong Zarina Othman, Azhar Jaludin, Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society
author_facet	Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani, Mohamad Subakir Mohd Yasin, Bahiyah Abd Hamid, Yuen, Chee Keong Zarina Othman, Azhar Jaludin,
author_sort	Mohd Faeiz Ikram bin Mohd Jasmani,
title	Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society
title_short	Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society
title_full	Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society
title_fullStr	Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society
title_full_unstemmed	Verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society
title_sort	verbs and gender: the hidden agenda of a multicultural society
publisher	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
publishDate	2011
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3045/1/8-Mohd_faeiz_Ikram_et_al.pdf
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