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Essay On Gender Differences In Vietnam

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Part 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1. Statement of problem and rationale for the paper
Since 1970s more and more scholars have been paying attention to the field of language and gender. In these studies’ literature, researchers show that identity has been considered a central notion that is interconnected with language and gender and language is a tool to theorize, implicate and construct both gender and language (Cameron, 1998; Lewis & Mills, 2003; Mills, 2003; Wodak, 1997). Gendered identities, which included in social identities, mainly arise from articulating memberships in different communities of practice, as Eckert and McConnell-Ginet (Eckert & McConnell-Ginet, 1999) argue in their joint work on language and gender. In other words, gender experience arises as people …show more content…

The development of advanced technology in Vietnam has undergone a profound reform and has influenced many fields of Vietnamese society the past ten years. Research into gender identities and language can provide theoretical and practical insights into ways of enhancing education in Vietnam. Moreover, due to there are not many studies investigating about the current situation and problems of the people’ perception of gender differences in social networks in the context of Vietnam society, the paper is carried out to fulfill the literature limitation and address this research gap.
Therefore, with the aim of contributing to enrich the literature of the studies on the relationship among language, gender and identity, I decide to carry out a study entitled “Gender similarities and differences in identities on Facebook personal pages among Vietnamese teenagers (at the age of

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