| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) : illustrations |
| 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', 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 |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
EBL |
| 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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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- English as a Second Language.
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English language -- Study and teaching.
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Chinese speakers.
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English teachers.
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China -- Shanghai.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012022729 |
| ISBN |
113513569X |
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9781135135690 |
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9780203078051 |
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0203078055 |
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9781299156753 |
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1299156754 |
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9781135135683 |
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1135135681 |
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