ISSUES OF LANGUAGE AND GENDER IN SECOND LANGUAGE AQUISITION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN ALGERIA, THE CASE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL

Abstract

this research is considered as a reminder for how language and gender are related.we mentioned how languages differ according to males and females”. Gender impact the following terminologies “second language acquisition and foreign language learning. We exhibit general information about second language acquisition and foreign language learning we represented their: definition , approaches ,and their strategies . After that we went deeper about their relation with gender . More precisely we explored the role of gender within these two terms and what are the main issues that males and females faced in acquiring/learning a new language which was our main focus .lastly a gave an overview on second language acquisition and foreign language learning in Algeria . We considered in our research. Firstly, a general description of the methodology that used in our study, including the research design, the tools that we relied on, what we have observed about this topic and the analysis of the questionnaire. The questions that made for this research were answered accordingly to the outcomes. Males and females face some issues in learning a second language or educate a foreign language but it differs from one another.