| Description |
xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Routledge critical studies in Asian education |
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Routledge critical studies in Asian education.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- English teaching in China -- Theorizing transnationals in China -- Showing the workings -- Teachers, training, and teaching -- Understanding oral English -- The pressure to be "fun" -- It's not about English teaching -- Gendered identities -- Training outcomes and teacher needs -- Constructing and maintaining identities -- Recommendations and reflections |
| Summary |
Tens of thousands of Western teachers 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 ́ђة perceptions of ́ђبthe West ́ђة that result from this contact. This book is an ethnographic study of Westerners ́ђة 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 ́ђبbackpacker teachers ́ђة 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 ́ђةs evolving relationship with the outside world |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available in print edition |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Subject |
English language -- Study and teaching -- Chinese speakers.
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English language -- Study and teaching -- China -- Shanghai.
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English teachers -- China -- Shanghai.
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| LC no. |
2012022729 |
| ISBN |
0415656222 (hbk) |
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9780415656221 (hbk) |
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