Proposal for the introduction of gender issues and gender perspective in the second language classroom

Abstract

The present paper constitutes the final dissertation of the Teacher Training Master’s Degree from Universitat Jaume I, shaped as a short article. Our main objectives were (1) to provide the theoretical framework needed in order to adopt a gender perspective and to include gender issues in the foreign language classroom and (2) to present a sample of a didactic proposal elaborated following that theoretical framework. Moreover, we had the chance to implement that proposal in a group of students aged between 17 and 18 years old, in which we were able to register really good results. We think that designing activities in which the participation of the students was a priority contributed to raise their motivation in the classroom and, therefore, towards both language learning and gender issues.