Deborah Tannen How Male And Female Students Use Language Differently Summary

The essay, “How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently”, written by

Deborah Tannen, discusses the difference of language used daily by males and females in the classroom. Different language can sometimes depend on regional, ethnic, class backgrounds, and even age and gender. Should there be a battle of the sex’s competition in the educational setting of a classroom? Well, it has been said that women and men have diverse ways to communicate through language, also connecting through the way they converse. Even though it is thought to be said that women tend to talk more than men, that opinion varies. There are several ways to predict that a woman’s persona differs from a man’s. Men are more open and willing with discussion, while women have the tendency to

As Tannen discusses in the article, “How Male and Female

Students Use Language Differently,” males are more open and upfront with voicing their opinions while females are more silent and self-contained. Females are more likely to have one best friend that she will open up to, however, a male will express himself to a group of colleagues that he associates with. Females are more open with their personal secrets than males; but they prefer a smaller group of people they are fond of. Tannen says that the “telling of secrets, the fact and the way they talk to each other, that makes them best friends.” Males tend to

Jones 2 gather and communicate with larger groups related to the activities in which they participate in.

Therefore, males prefer to communicate in a more public atmosphere, becoming argumentative and debatable, loving the fact of being challenged, to be able to express their knowledge, and skills. Females express their emotions more often through laments than males. Men enjoy playfully insulting colleagues, however; females love to sympathize with one another about