Abstract
The paper demonstrates one of the most recent problems in research of grammatical and natural genders in language. The targets of the article are to research gender representations in English from the perspectives of speakers in genderless society and the ways EFL professionals identify the existence of gender-related problems of teaching and learning of English pronominal usage in EFL settings. Literature review discusses how the field of language and gender is becoming re-conceptualized under the influence of theory of language of signs in society construction. The purpose of this paper is to explore how the generic pronoun and he/man approach have been used to perpetuate negative attitudes towards women, exclude them or relegate them from stereotypical roles. The objectives of this paper are to identify the use of gender-insensitive English language use and to suggest ways of making the gender-exclusive language a gender-inclusive one. In order to figure out the awareness and convention of generic pronouns among Georgian speakers of English, a questionnaire was conducted and distributed among EFL professionals working at higher educational institutions in Tbilisi, Georgia.
 According to the research findings, genderless languages are sexist to a specific degree and representatives of genderless languages might apply biased forms of discourse.
Highlights
Gender-related issues of language have been observed and studied by many linguists, mentioning that men and women speak in different ways as well as that men and women are spoken of differently, often stating that language is unfair towards females.This paper aims to come up with the essential findings concerning the phenomena related to as gender representation in genderless languages, in EFL classroom
The research problem is defined by the issue that, with the respect to the he/man approach and false generics in English, the paper is intended to research and analyze whether and how the application of generic he and he/man approach takes place in English as a foreign/second language for speakers of genderless languages, Georgian
Based on the responses gained through the application of a questionnaire, the research will make an effort to study, investigate and examine how speakers of genderless languages are biased and tend to apply sexist practices in genderless society, a commonly spread tendency of he/man approach among EFL educators in Georgia, and the part gender takes in EFL classroom were studied and analyzed in this research
Summary
Gender-related issues of language have been observed and studied by many linguists, mentioning that men and women speak in different ways as well as that men and women are spoken of differently, often stating that language is unfair towards females.This paper aims to come up with the essential findings concerning the phenomena related to as gender representation in genderless languages, in EFL classroom. With the respect of validity of the current research question, the paper will be analyzed as a part within the scope of gender encoding in the target language from the perspectives of EFL educators, which will enrich and provide a broader academic context for future linguistic research. This particular piece of research will employ a qualitative research approach, where the individuals’ responses and a brief overview of literature review of language and gender studies will extend the concepts of the issue in question
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