@article{ref1,
title="Teaching Women's Issues in an EFL Classroom : What Do Students Learn?",
journal="British and American culture",
year="2010",
author="Yoshihara, Reiko",
volume="",
number="40",
pages="229-242",
abstract="Theme-based language instruction is an effective way of providing a meaningful context for the acquisition of English language skills. ESL/EFL instructors who support theme-based language teaching have often introduced social and global issues. However, women's issues have been conspicuously absent from ESL/EFL classes, even though many would acknowledge that addressing women's issues as a matter of human rights is important. For this study, I introduced domestic violence as a topic for a college-level EFL writing class in Japan. The purpose of this study is to investigate if students change their perception of domestic violence and what students learn in a feminist language classroom. In this study, I attempt to determine students' gender awareness by analyzing pre- and post-questionnaires on domestic violence, students' final written products, and open-ended questionnaires. I found that students reevaluated their understanding of domestic violence and expressed their insights into the topic.<p />",
language="",
issn="0917-3536",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}