This Presentation is on Gender issues regarding language in classroom and society. This is the most important topic in sociolinguistics and It also focuses on language differences of men and women.

2. The term “gender” is derived from the Latin word
“genus” which means kind or race.
Gender in linguistics refers to the grammatical
classification of nouns and pronouns into feminine,
masculine and sometimes neutral .
The social construct theory views gender as a “cultural
performance and recurring accomplishment that varies
across contexts.

3. Language and gender is an area of study within
sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and related fields that
investigates varieties of speech associated with a
particular gender, or social norms for such gendered
language use.
Language is a tool of communication.
“Language and gender” refers to the relationship
between the language of male and female.

4.  Gender difference is not only a reflection of the speeches
between male and female, but also a reflection of their
different living styles and attitudes.
 Males are more concerned with power, they desire to be
leaders.
 While females are satisfied with their subordinate status.
 Males speak directly and take transferring information as the
first thing.
 But females speak indirectly, implicitly and mildly.
 For Females, expressing feelings is very important.

5.  Early in the 1970s, linguists, psychologists began to attach
great importance to differences between the language of
male and female.
 Deficit theory by Lakoff (1975), who considers that female
language is inferior to male language.
 The dominance theory by Thorne(1975), who thinks female
language is superior, male language is a kind of deficiency.
 Cameron (2003) put forward that women are better at
listening and sharing emotions with others.

6. Men’s language is heard
 As clearly their toughness
 As lack of affect, competitiveness
 As independence
 As competence
 As hierarchy
 As control
 Men usually ask something to do
point that different with women.
Women usually use tag questions
 To reflect their (our) conservatism
 To upward mobility
 To insecurity
 To emotional expressivity
 To sensitivity to others
 To solidarity
 Women usually do not to do point when
they want to ask something, that very
different with men.

7. Changing the topic of conversation. This difference may well be
at the root of the conception that women chatter and talk too
much, and may still sparker the same thinking in some males
Women’s Topic
 Gossip
 Men
 Shopping
 Child-rearing
 Personal relationship
Men’s Topic
 Firm
 Sport
 Women
 Politic
 Cars