Language Use and Gender

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44 minutes, 59 seconds

An interesting area of language use is language use and gender.  It generates a lot of captivating debate, is the source of a great deal of comedy and can even create some tension if you get too involved in the topic.  As language teachers, it is a valuable area of language use for us to explore with our advanced level students so that they can refine both their understanding of the language and their use of the language.

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  1. Definitions of Gender
  2. What is the Relationship between Gender and Language Use?
  3. Language Used to Talk About Men and Women
  4. How Men and Women Use Language

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