Gender Roles in Formal Second Language Learning in a Migratory Context: L2 Teachers’ Perceptions of Moroccan Origin Women in Catalonia

Author:

Ferrerós Pagès Carla12,Abdellaoui Hanan3

Affiliation:

1. Departament de Filologia i Comunicació, Universitat de Girona, 17004 Girona, Spain

2. Institució Milà i Fontanals de Recerca en Humanitats, Consell Superior d’Investigacions Científiques (CSIC), 08008 Barcelona, Spain

3. Fundació APIP-ACAM, 17003 Girona, Spain

Abstract

In Catalonia, the largest group of immigrants is that of Moroccan origin. Some Moroccan women are conditioned by a traditional family model that is concretised by the spatial separation between men and women in all spheres of society, a fact that influences the socialisation of these women and that, in a migratory context, may have an impact on their early abandonment of formal second language courses. Accordingly, this study aims to analyse the importance of accounting for the culture and gender factors in language teaching in a migratory context. We conducted semi-structured interviews with eight teachers of Catalan and Spanish as a second language, as they are the link between the institution and the students. The results suggest that providing instruction to segregated groups might grant women who are unable to participate in mixed-gender language classes the opportunity to increase their second language proficiency and thus facilitate their integration into the corresponding host territory. Offering gender-specific courses is a particular challenge for public L2 schools, where groups are organised according to the learners’ levels and not according to characteristics linked to origin and gender, as the latter practice may be at odds with the criteria of equality that guide public education in the host territory.

Funder

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

General Social Sciences

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