Travellers' Tales: The Expatriate English Language Teacher in the New Global Culture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781443801508)

Most of the research into ELT has focused on its linguistic and methodological aspects, which are based on Western scientific traditions. The contributions and experiences of English language teachers themselves, especially their work in overseas contexts, have frequently been overlooked. This volume aims to document the complexity of ELT as 'work' in new global economic and cultural conditions, and to explore how this complexity is realised in the everyday experiences of ELT teachers. The development of ELT from the colonial experience to its current status as a global commodity is explored; ELT is then situated in the discourses of globalisation, specifically within Appadurai's theorisation of global flows of people, images, ideas, technology and money, or scapes. Within this framework, narratives are constructed from the experiences of Native-speaking English teachers. These reveal much about the personal, pedagogical and cultural dimensions of ELT work in non-Centre countries, and will contribute to a greater understanding of the intercultural dimensions of ELT for all those who work in it, and in related educational fields.

Author: Roderick Neilsen
ISBN-10: 144380150X
ISBN-13: 9781443801508
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2009
Pages: 220
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.90w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 252