English is the certified language of Pakistan and intermediate of teaching in private schools.
Learning an FL might be frustrating and challenging for some young learners. Stories in English
as literature are an effective technique to teach young learners. This paper attempts to explore if reading stories
in English as part of literature is a gendered activity with differences of interest by boys and girls. The study used
a Reading Attitude Survey modified from Downing Object Activity Opinion and the Finnish questionnaire. The
findings depict that stories in the schoolbooks are enthusiastic and are suitable according to learners' curiosity
and standard. Results further specified that the general mainstream of students understands reading as an action
that is more appropriate for girls, thus supportive of the study's hypothesis. The results also suggested that the
gender-based insights strengthen with age for both boys and girls.
1-Zainab Akram Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.2-Sadia Suleman Khan Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.3-Maroof Bin Rauf Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Literature in English, Reading, English Curriculum, Gender