Friday, April 29, 2011

Feminism and teaching

In modern western society, feminism gives teachers many good topics for discussion in their class. Therefore, gender equity has become one of the main topic in class. However, sometimes, we need to be concerned about this topic for EFL class, especially in patriarchal country including Korea.
Learning English is very popular in the world. However, we need to consider cultural factors for English learning in many counties except western countries.
Especially, in islamic countries, English teachers who are from western countries are not easy to pick this topic out for EFL class. They need to be careful to choose the topics for discussion there due to cultural gap. Howeverm, feminism or pop culture is very useful topic for Englsh teaching in many countries I think. The topic may make students participate in class. Because pop culture or feminism can reflect realistic issues and popular interests.
Finally, EFL teachers should consider cultural factors when they deal with feminism for their class.

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