INTEGRATING GENDER FAIRNESS INTO ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING: A CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE
By Chukwudi Emmanuel Okoye
Research Article
INTEGRATING GENDER FAIRNESS INTO ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING: A CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE
ISSN: 3067-2864
DOI Prefix: 10.5281/zenodo.
Abstract
This paper looks at how gender fairness should be implemented in the society to minimize women harassment and brutality to a reasonable extent because the attitude of the kind of life style one chooses to live is not innate but acquired. Therefore, women should be allowed to enjoy equal right and resources with men. However, this paper focused on the meaning of gender fairness, gender fairness in the use of language and general body contact in both male and female. English language is a gender language. It addresses everyone as a male in most cases. When someoneβs sex is not known, male gender is used to address that person in English instead of neutral form of words except for inanimate objects. This paper also elucidates gender fairness in English Language, issues and prospects as it relates to curriculum development. The best way to resolve conflict is through educating or orienting the people involved. If gender fairness is integrated in the curriculum, it will be a better avenue for orientation and awareness. The paper concludes that female forms of words should be used as often as the male forms to ensure gender fairness in English language. It was suggested among others that students should be part of gender fairness awareness by carrying out investigations on gender discrimination in their environment and bring them for discussion and possible solution in the classroom