Most of the respondents answered more favorably when asked about whether they about gendered language. Hiroko, Rieko, Izumi, Charles, Junna and Keiko all answered yes; of these, Hiroko mentioned that she starts to on gender variation Most of the respondents answered more favorably when asked about whether they teach about gendered language. Hiroko, Rieko, Izumi, Charles, Junna and Keiko all answered yes; of these, Hiroko mentioned that she starts to focus on gender variation from JPN 301, Rieko from second year, and the others from first year.
Tom and Scott also stated that they teach about gender variation, but their responses were more hedged, with Tom mentioning that he felt there was not enough material to explain the variation, and Scott saying that at the first and second year levels that there is not much “overt distinction.” Four of the respondents mentioned discussing the different ways that men and women use sentence final particles, with Rieko providing the specific example of kashira ‘I wonder,’ though she said that she did not teach other specific forms such as ~no yo [nominalizer + emphatic particle]. Izumi and Charles were the only respondents who mentioned the differing first person pronouns, with Izumi noting specifically the masculine 1st person pronouns boku and watashi (see Appendix 4). Aside from these 1st person pronouns, no masculine forms were mentioned specifically.
