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This study seeks to assess the degree of heteronormativity found in the English textbooks that are currently used in Norwegian schools. For this purpose, gender and sexuality are highlighted as dimensions of inclusion in foreign language education. It is argued that a non-, under-, or misrepresentation of marginalized or minoritized social groups f...
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... 15/44 Sometimes, the binary gender distinction is practiced in a seemingly unmotivated fashion. In Link 2 (see Figure 6), for example, the learners are shown how children in different parts of the world celebrate their birthdays. Of the five descriptions, one uses an impersonal construction and two use lexically gender-neutral nouns to refer to the people celebrating their birthdays (kids in Jamaica; a newborn baby in Ireland; the child). ...
