Gender Differences in Selections Among Topics for Producing Meaningful Utterances.

ABSTRACT

This article continues the study of conversation topics as a means of developing learners speech skills, that begun in the previous work “Relevant topics motivating learners of English to produce meaningful utterances”. By determining the ratio of preferences with respect to topics for oral utterances among school teachers and students, we have identified the range of problems that cause the greatest interest among modern schoolchildren. The results of this research can be taken into account in the development of textbooks and at refresh courses for foreign language teachers.