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Critical Ethnography of 'Westerners' Teaching English in China

Phiona Stanley
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Chinese Teachers
CLT.
Data Construction
DoS
Elt Methodology
Elt Professional
English Language Teachers
English Language Teaching
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ESOL
Foreign Teachers
Intercultural Competence
Language Awareness
Lesson Planning Meetings
Native Speaker Teachers
Observed Lesson
Oral English
Oral English Classes
Oral English Teachers
Oral English Teaching
Oral Fluency Development
Participant Teachers
Specific Language Point
Teacher Development
Western Teachers
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415656221
  • Weight: 560g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 26 Oct 2012
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

Tens of thousands of Western ‘teachers’, many of whom would not be considered teachers elsewhere, are employed to teach English in public and private education in China. Little has previously been known, except anecdotally, about their experiences, about the effect they have on education in the context, or on students’ perceptions of ‘the West’ that result from this contact. This book is an ethnographic study of Westerners’ lived experiences teaching English in Shanghai, China. It is based on three years of groundbreaking research into the pre-service training, classroom practices, personal identities and motives, and local socially constructed roles of a group of ‘backpacker teachers’ from the UK, the USA and Canada. It is a study that goes beyond the classroom, addressing broader questions about the sociology, and politics, of transnational education and China’s evolving relationship with the outside world.
About Phiona Stanley
Phiona Stanley is a lecturer at the School of Education, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of New South Wales. She holds Politics and Education Masters degrees and a PhD in Education. She has taught in six countries including China, and has trained teachers on Cambridge CELTA and MEd at various Australian universities including offshore courses in China.

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