Differences in the Performance of Female and Male Students: A Case Study of Second Language Learning

Abstract

With language learning and teaching approaches, gender differences have started to gain attention in recent years. Rapid changes in the education industry need the evaluation system to keep updating for testing students' knowledge. In light of academic achievement is the direct presentation of the quality of education, and the performance of students demonstrated their levels of acquiring knowledge, skills, and proficiencies. Thus, it is crucial for a notion to develop its students' academic achievements, as students' academic performance can reflect the current and the future of a nation. Therefore, understanding gender's role is of practical and theoretical significance in language testing. Therefore, to investigate the academic performance of students of different genders, this paper will focus on one area, namely their attitudes towards second language learning and testing. Reviewing students' views of second language learning can provide important students feedback to assist a better understanding of the second language teaching from the students' perspective.