a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number HQ76.25

b Item number .E54 2014

a Personal name Evripidou, Dimitris.

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title English Language Teachers’ Attitudes Towards The Inclusion Of Gay And Lesbian Topics In The Classroom: The Case Of Greek Cypriot Efl Teachers

c Statement of responsibility, etc Dimitris Evripidou, Cise Cavusoglu.

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2014.

a Summary, etc he EFL classroom is composed of a mixture of people with various backgrounds and identities. Sexuality is increasingly recognised as a form of identity similar to other categorical forms such as class, gender and ethnicity (Nelson, 1999; Vandrick 1997; Dumas, 2008). Developments in critical pedagogy, queer theory and poststructuralist theories of identities have resulted in changes to the way sexual identity is viewed within the EFL and ESL classroom- a classroom which should ideally function as a liberatory environment where consciousness can be changed and weaknesses - racism, classism, homophobia, etc.,- expelled (Vandrick, 1994). Based on the idea that ‘otherness’ related issues should be treated in the foreign language classroom as a means to achieve Existential Competence (CEF, 2001), the present study investigates the attitudes of Greek Cypriot EFL teachers towards the inclusion of gay and lesbian topics in the EFL classroom. A 15-item questionnaire was designed and distributed to 58 English language teachers in Cyprus. The results indicated that EFL teachers tended to have negative attitudes towards gay and lesbian topics in the classroom. They seem to believe that such topics are unrelated to EFL teaching or learning, while a number of social factors such as age, gender, education, years of experience, and country of studies appear to have an impact on their attitudes towards issues of sexual diversity and orientation in the classroom.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Gay

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Lesbian

g Relationship information 2014.

t Title 3 rd Interdisciplinary Conference on English Studies.