Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021)

The Reason Behind Female Outnumbering Male Students in Foreign Language High Schools in China

Authors
Yin Cheng1, *, , Qianlin Cui2, , Yujia Lin3, , Yimo Zhu4,
1Tianjin Foreign Languages School Affiliated to Tianjin Foreign Studies University
2Capital Normal University High School
3Hangzhou Foreign Languages School
4Hangzhou Foreign Languages School

Those authors contributed equally.

*Corresponding author. Email: guanghua.ren@gecacademy.cn
Corresponding Author
Yin Cheng
Available Online 1 February 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220131.110How to use a DOI?
Keywords
gender difference; gender stereotype; language learning; education
Abstract

The foreign language schools in China typically have more female students than male students. To investigate the reason behind this interesting phenomenon, the study took Hangzhou Foreign Languages High School 2022 as an example and interviewed three groups of people (students, parents, society). The total number of subjects is 188, including 40 students, 8 parents, and 140 subjects of group Society. The interview results indicated that the gender stereotype people hold has a significant impact on female students’ choice of attending foreign language schools. Although other reasons such as feminine advantages in brain structure with language function, positive learning strategies, and learning motivation exist, the general social stereotype of girls should study liberal arts subjects and boys should major in natural sciences is one of the major causes of the phenomenon of female students outnumbering male students in Chinese foreign language schools.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
1 February 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-527-5
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220131.110How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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AU  - Qianlin Cui
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AU  - Yimo Zhu
PY  - 2022
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SN  - 2352-5398
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