Nonnative Speaker English Teachers : Research, Pedagogy, and Professional Growth Paperback / softback
by George (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Braine
Part of the ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
According to current estimates, about eighty percent of English teachers worldwide are nonnative speakers of the language.
The nonnative speaker movement began a decade ago to counter the discrimination faced by these teachers and to champion their causes.
As the first single-authored volume on the topic since the birth of the movement, this book fills the need for a coherent account that: traces the origins and growth of the movement summarizes the research that has been conductedhighlights the challenges faced by nonnative speaker teacherspromotes NNS teachers' professional growth. No discussion of world Englishes or the spread of English internationally is now complete without reference to the NNS movement.
This book celebrates its first decade and charts a direction for its growth and development.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:116 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:19/02/2010
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- ISBN:9780415876322
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:116 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:19/02/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415876322
