Résumé:
The present research work is an attempt to explore gender speech differences at
workplace in particular. In addition, it attempts to figure out how men and women
communicate and use language differently. Therefore, the present research tends to
prove that gender is not only the sociolinguistic variable that has an effect on the
genders’ communication but also there are other social factors. In order to analyze
teachers’ ways of using language during the work, the researcher opted for university
teachers to be the target Community of practice (CoP). A questionnaire was
administered to twenty (20) university teachers working at Abdelhamid Ibn Badis
University, Mostaganem (ten males and ten females). The findings have showed that
female teachers tend to use more interruptions, directives and louder voice at
workplace. Besides, the attitudes of speakers depend largely on gender; the manners
male and female teachers act and use through language reflect the teachers’ beliefs and
opinions about gender differences at workplace.
