Peter Sayer

Ambiguities and Tensions in English Language Teaching

Portraits of EFL Teachers as Legitimate Speakers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the ambiguities and tensions EFL teachers face as they attempt to position themselves in ways that legitimize them as language teachers and as English speakers, this book balances descriptive reporting with a theoretical discussion connecting teachers' local concerns and practices to broader issues in TESOL in international contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9780415897730
• ISBN-10: 0415897734
• Artikelnr.: 33258354

Autorenporträt

Peter Sayer is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics/TESOL in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Exploring the contradictions of language teaching Setting the
scene
Chapter 2: Three English teachers
Chapter 3: Squeezing more juice: Portraits of local English teaching in
Oaxacan communities
Chapter 4: Legitimacy, symbolic competence, and teaching English
Chapter 5: So they can defend themselves a little: The meanings and
contradictions of
teaching English
Chapter 6: Hey, take it easy!: Ambivalence and language ideologies
Chapter 7: I lasted one day and then I was gone: Performing legitimacy
Chapter 8: Conclusions: (Re)legitimizing through tensions and ambiguities