The Reason Behind Female Outnumbering Male Students in Foreign Language High Schools in China
Those authors contributed equally.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220131.110How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- gender difference; gender stereotype; language learning; education
- Abstract
The foreign language schools in China typically have more female students than male students. To investigate the reason behind this interesting phenomenon, the study took Hangzhou Foreign Languages High School 2022 as an example and interviewed three groups of people (students, parents, society). The total number of subjects is 188, including 40 students, 8 parents, and 140 subjects of group Society. The interview results indicated that the gender stereotype people hold has a significant impact on female students’ choice of attending foreign language schools. Although other reasons such as feminine advantages in brain structure with language function, positive learning strategies, and learning motivation exist, the general social stereotype of girls should study liberal arts subjects and boys should major in natural sciences is one of the major causes of the phenomenon of female students outnumbering male students in Chinese foreign language schools.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yin Cheng AU - Qianlin Cui AU - Yujia Lin AU - Yimo Zhu PY - 2022 DA - 2022/02/01 TI - The Reason Behind Female Outnumbering Male Students in Foreign Language High Schools in China BT - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 608 EP - 612 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220131.110 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220131.110 ID - Cheng2022 ER -