Description: Rethinking TESOL in Diverse Global Settings : The Language and the Teacher in a Time of Change, Paperback by Marr, Tim; English, Fiona, ISBN 1350033456, ISBN-13 9781350033450, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
What do TESOL teachers actually teach? What do they know about language, about English and the ways it is used in the world? How do they view themselves and their work, and how are they viewed by others? How is TESOL perceived as a profession and as a discipline? How can teachers make the most of the available resources? Can global English really deliver what it seems to promise? These are some of the questions explored in Rethinking TESOL in Diverse Global Settings, a book which examines what we mean when we talk about English language teaching and what we understand the job of an English language teacher to be.
Covering diverse teaching environments, from China to Latin America and the Middle East, and from elementary school to university, the authors take a critical look at TESOL by focusing on the actual substance of the subject, language, and attitudes towards it. Through concrete examples from language classrooms, in the form of vignettes and accounts from native speaker and non-native speaker teachers alike, they explore the experiences of teachers worldwide in relation to issues of identity and professionalism, nativeness and non-nativeness, and the pressures of dealing with the expectations with which English has become invested. While recognising the often precarious academic and institutional status of TESOL teachers, th pulls no punches in challenging those teachers as a whole to become more ambitious in their aims, positioning themselves not as mere skills providers, but language experts, specialists in their subject, members of a legitimate academic discipline. Only then, the authors argue, will TESOL teachers and their work be taken seriously and their expertise recognised.
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Book Title: Rethinking TESOL in Diverse Global Settings : The Language and th
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Name: Rethinking Tesol in Diverse Global Settings : the Language and the Teacher in a Time of Change
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: English As a Second Language, Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts
Item Weight: 13.8 Oz
Type: Language Course
Author: Fiona English, Tim Marr
Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Education
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
