“I'll still kick your ass even in my skirt”.

Feministische Musikvideos im Englischunterricht mit TRAVIS GO analysieren.

Abstract

This article outlines an English lesson for secondary schools, bringing together perspectives from media studies, teaching methodology in foreign language acquisition and teaching practice. We describe how pupils of a secondary school (3rd year, Gymnasium) engaged in-depth with the topic of feminism in music videos. Working in collaboration, the pupils analysed music videos they selected themselves, and uncovered gendered representations in the video, song text and sound. For this inquiry they used the digital tool TRAVIS GO, a web app specifically designed for schools. We describe how the functions of TRAVIS GO support the critical engagement with modern media products in language teaching, supporting the aim of initiating critical discussions of important topics in society with authentic materials.