Level of proficiency on the utilization of gender fair language among College of Arts and Sciences students in DMMMSUMLUC
Elizabeth C Ramirez
Discipline: Education
Abstract:
One way to promote gender equality is to mitigate
gender stereotyping and discrimination and one
strategy is to start inside the classroom; thus, the
conceptualization of this study. This study aimed to
assess and interpret the proficiency of the first year
CAS students on gender fair language as basis for a
validated learning guide. Specifically, it looked into
level of proficiency in using gender fair language as to
occupational references, role references, group
references, genderless words and genderless phrases.
This descriptive study collected data using a
researcher-made gender fair language test. The
respondents were 192 first year students of the College
of Arts and Sciences during the second semester of
School Year 2020-2021. The data gathered were
treated statistically using mean. It was found out that
the respondents were poorly proficient. The use of
occupation references, group references, and
genderless words displayed their poor proficiency;
however, they were moderately proficient in the use of
role references and genderless phrases. It was
recommended that the validated gender fair language
learning guide should be considered for adoption in
learning and instruction to further hone the students’
utilization of gender fair language.
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