Man Students Are More likely to Fail than Woman Students in English Final Examinations

1、Man Students Are More likely to Fail than Woman Students in English Final Examinations浦春莉【Abstract】Byconductingasurvey，thewriterfindsaninterestingphenomenonatHongheUniversityHU.ThenumberofboystudentswhocannotpasstheEnglishfinalexaminationexceedsthenumberofgirls.Whatthereasonsare？Fromtheaspectofgende

2、r，thisthesistriestodiscussthepossiblereasonswhichleadtothespecialphenomenon.IthassomepracticalvaluesbothtoChinesecollegeEnglishteachersandtheboystudents.【Keywords】gender；supplementaryexamination；attitudeEnglishlearningisaverycomplicatedprocess，itinvolvesalotoffactors，especiallythelearnersownfactor.I

3、tisthemostdirectandthemostimportantfactor.Byconductingasurvey，thisthesistriestofigureoutthereasonswhyboystudentsaremorelikelyfailedintheEnglishfinalexamination.TheauthoralwayshastheworkofinvigilatinginthecollegeEnglishsupplementaryexamination.Shefindsthatthenumberofboystudentstakingthesupplementarye

4、xaminationoutnumbersgirlstudents.Itsaveryspecialphenomenon.Whatarethereasonswhichleadtotheuniquesituation？Altogether，thereare255studentsareinterviewedbytheauthor.ThesestudentsarecollegestudentsfromHU.HUislocatedinMengzi，acentralcityofsouthernYunnanProvince.HUisnamedafterthe“Honghewhichmeans“redriver

5、inChinese，aninternationalriverflowingfromDalithrougheightcountiesoftheRedRiverPrefectureofYunnanProvinceallthewaytoVietnamsHanoi.ThepredecessortoHongheUniversityMengziTeachersTrainingSchoolwasestablishedonApril4，1978.ThenamewaschangedtoMengziNormalCollegeonJuly9，1978.OnApril16，2020，theEducationDepar

6、tmentpermittedMengziNormalCollegetomergewiththeHongheBranchoftheYunnanBroadcastingUniversitytoformHongheUniversity，andonSeptember28，2020，HUwasformallyestablished.Mostofthe255studentsaresophomores.Theiragesrangefrom18to22.TheytakeCollegeEnglishIIIastheiroptionalcourse.Afterfinishinglearningthecourse，

7、theywillachievetheextrafouracademicscores.TheauthoristheEnglishteacherofthe255students.Thesestudentsaredividedintothreeclasses.Inthe255students，boystudentsare107.Girlsare148.Inordertofindouthowmanythesestudentshaveexperiencedthesupplementaryexamination，thewriterinterviewsthem.Amongtheboys，the107stud

8、ents，thereare35studentshaveexperiencedthesupplementaryexamination.Instead，only20girlshaveeverexperiencedthesupplementaryexamination.ItisnotdifficulttofindoutthatboysaremorelikelytofailinanEnglishfinalExamination.Thefailedproportionofboysis32.71%.Onthecontrary，girlsproportionis13.51%.Thereisabiggapof

9、thefailedproportionbetweengirlsandboys.Thenextchallengeistofigureoutwhatarethereasonswhichleadtothegreatdifference.endprintSocialfactorsWhenchildrenareborn，theirgenderiscertain.Theyareputtingondifferentclothes，playingdifferenttoys.Theyareexpectedtogrowintodifferentpersons.Tosomeextent，theyfutureisde

10、terminedbytheirparentsandthesocietysurroundingthem.Boysareexpectedtoberealmen.Girlsareexpectedtobegentleandkindwomen.Parentsexpecttheirboystomusthaveachievements，tocompete，toknowhowtocontrolemotions.Parentsasktheirgirlstomakethebestofcommunicationskillsandknowhowtoexpresstheirfeelings.Boysareencoura

11、gedtobeassertive，aggressiveandhavethespiritofadventure.Girlsaresupposedtobesoftandpassive.Thefollowingexpresssuchideaexactly：“Arabmales，whoareexpectedtobethebreadwinnersoftheirfamilies，enjoymorefreedomoutsidethehomeand，therefore，areexposedtodiverseexperiences，allowingthemtobecomemoreinnovativeanddar

12、ingtoseekoutnewpossibilities.Females，ontheotherhand，areexpectedtostayindoorsandliveinaroutine，secure，andpredicableenvironment，whertheyperformdailyhouseholdchoresandtakecareoftheirchildren.Insuchconfinedenvironment，femalescanhavemoretimetousesensoryexperiences，wheras，theyhavelittleopportunitiesofrisk

13、takingorventuresoutsidethehome.Alumran，2020，p311Alltheexpectationhasgreatinfluenceonthem.Asaresult，malesaregoodatlogicalthinking.Theirthinkinghasthefeatureofextensiveness，flexibilityandcreativity.Theyaresuperiortoinnaturalscience，suchasmathematics，physics，chemistry，philosophy.Butfemalesaregoodatimag

14、ethinking.Generallyspeaking，theylikeEnglish，literature，art，biologyandotherdisciplinesandtheyareeasiertoachievemorethanmales.Therefore，girlstudentswillbebetterabletorecitemorewords.Boyswillfinditisatoughtaskforthemtorememberwords.DifferentattitudePersonalityhasbiginfluenceonstudentsacademiclearning.F

15、emalestudentsattitudestowardsEnglisharesomewhathigherthanmalestudentsAbidin，2020.Thoughdifferentpersonhasdifferentpersonality，onbalance，malesareimpulsive.Femalesarerelativelygentle.“ApositiveattitudeshouldbetheumbrellaoflanguagelearningAbidin，2020，p126.InductivemethodisadoptedbymostChineseEnglishtea

16、chers.Theygivesomeexamples，andthensummarizetherulesofgrammar.Girlsgetmorefromthiskindapproach.Girlstudentsholdthedominantpositioninlanguagelearning.ThedifferenceinlearningattitudeandpersonalityaffectstheirEnglishlearning.endprintLearninginterestShoaibandDornyei2020advocatedthatgenderisanimportantper

17、spectiveundersecondlanguagelearninginvestigationsandconcludedthatfemalesshowmoreinterests，positivebehaviorsandperformancescomparedwiththemales.Itiswellknownthatinterestisoneofthemostimportantelementsinoneslearning.Boyshavemuchmorehobbiesandintereststhangirls.Somuchhobbiesandinterestswilldistractthem

18、fromtheirEnglishlearning.Onthecontrary，girlsarewillingtospendmuchtimeintheirEnglishlearning.ItisunlikelyformostgirlstofailinthefinalEnglishexamination.LearningprocessThisprocessreferstotheschoolsession.Onthesession，duringtheclass，womanstudentswillbehavemoreactivelythanmanstudents.Iftheywanttobetreat

19、edequallybytheirEnglishteacher，theymustpaymoreattentiontotheirEnglishlearning.Otherwise，theirteacherswillnotshowsolicitudeforgirls.Whytheauthorstatelikethis.InChina，majorityEnglishteachersarewomanteachers.Becauseofthegenderdifference，womanteachersliketofocusonmanstudents.Itisacceptedbysociolinguisti

20、cs.WomanEnglishteachersarestrictwithgirlstudents.Foralongrun，womanstudentswillachievemoreinEnglishlearning.Andthenitisimpossibleformostgirlstudentstofailtheexamination.TimespentontheEnglishexaminationWomanstudentswouldliketospendmuchtimeonthereviewingworkbeforetheexamination.Mostofthecontentoftheexa

21、minationarerelatedtothecoursebook.Girlsaremorecareful.TheytakemorenotesthanboysinEnglishclass，fortheyrememberedmoreEnglishwords，theotherpartofthisthesishasdiscussedthisissue.Theirnotesareagoodhelptomakepreparationforstudents.Inaword，girlswillfeelrelaxedinthepreparingprocessthanboys.Differentattitude

22、towardsfailureItisknowngirlsaremoreembarrassedwhenfacingthesamething.Becauseofthispeculiarity，Girlscareabouttheexaminationresultthanboys.Girlswillfeelashamediftheyfailanexamination.Instead，boyshavealiberalattitudeonfailure.Itisnotasobadthingtofailanexamination.Tosomeextent，ittellswhymoreboystudentsa

23、relikelytofailanEnglishexamination.DifferentlearningstylesMalesandfemalesadoptdifferentlearningstylesBoverie，Huffman，Meier，Philbin，1995；Keri，2020；Miller，Finley，McKinley，1990.AccordingtoAlumransidea，malesareintuitivelearnersandfemalesaresensinglearnersAlumran，2020.Sensinglearnersarespecializinginmemo

24、rizing，solvingproblems.However，understandingabstractionsanddiscoveringpossibilitiesandrelationshipareintuitivelearnersdepartmentFelder，1996.Mostofthetestcontentsarecloselyrelatedtothetextbook.Girlsaregoodatmemorizingsomething.ThatisoneofthereasonswhymostgirlscanpassaEnglishexaminationeasilythanboysd

25、o.endprintConclusionFromtheaboveaspects，thewriterfiguresoutsomeofthereasonswhymalestudentsaremorelikelytofailinanEnglishfinalexamination.Ithassomethingtodowiththestudentsgender，learningattitude，learninginterest，learningstylesandeventheirattitudetowardsfailure.ThisthesishassomevaluesbothtostudentsandsomeChineseEnglishteachers.Iftheycantakethesereasonsintoconsideration，bothofthemwillgetdevelopment.References：【1】Abidin，M.，Pour-Mohammadi，M.，Alzwari，H.2020.EFLStudentsAttitudestowardsLearningEnglishLanguage：TheCaseofLibyanSecondarySchoolStudents.AsianSocialScience，82，119-134.【2】Alumran，J.A.20