The Impact of Gender Differences on Chinese English Learners

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10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_214How to use a DOI?

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Gender difference; English learning; Learning strategies; Learning styles

Abstract

Gender differences caused by physiological and psychological factors has always been an important topic in the field of second language acquisition. Previous studies were mainly from Western countries, however, there has been no systematic cognition among the studies in China. Therefore, this paper mainly studies and sorts out the impact of gender differences on Chinese English learners. This paper explores the impact of gender differences on English learners in China from 2 aspects: learning strategies and learning styles. In terms of learning strategies, the findings for male and female students in terms of their choice of cognitive and metacognitive strategies seem to be more in favor of girls using these two types of strategies more than boys. In terms of learning styles, there are significant differences between visual and kinesthetic learning styles among students of different genders, with female students preferring visual learning styles and male students preferring kinesthetic learning styles. Moreover, males are more independent than females while females were more dependent than males; females tend to be more prudent while males tend to be more impulsive. Therefore, it is suggested that teachers should adopt diversified teaching methods and means according to the gender composition of students in English classes, so as to meet the needs of students of different genders, learning strategies and styles.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ruqian Xu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/29
TI  - The Impact of Gender Differences on Chinese English Learners
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1831
EP  - 1839
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_214
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_214
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