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Internationalizing Teaching, Localizing Learning
Paul Mcpherron
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Description for Internationalizing Teaching, Localizing Learning
Hardback. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 239 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; CFB; EBA; JNF; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 483.
Based on ethnographic and policy data collected over a ten-year span at a university in the People’s Republic of China, this book analyses the history of English Language Teaching (ELT) polices in Chinese higher education. The book uses the university as a lens in which to investigate the creative imaginations and divergent (re)appropriations of teaching methods, learning materials, and language use in the Chinese ELT context. Book chapters move beyond mere descriptions of tensions and point to the local understandings and practices of English teachers (both local and foreign) and students. Working together, these teachers and students are constantly articulating ... Read more
Based on ethnographic and policy data collected over a ten-year span at a university in the People’s Republic of China, this book analyses the history of English Language Teaching (ELT) polices in Chinese higher education. The book uses the university as a lens in which to investigate the creative imaginations and divergent (re)appropriations of teaching methods, learning materials, and language use in the Chinese ELT context. Book chapters move beyond mere descriptions of tensions and point to the local understandings and practices of English teachers (both local and foreign) and students. Working together, these teachers and students are constantly articulating ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Series
Language and Globalization
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137519535
SKU
V9781137519535
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About Paul Mcpherron
Paul McPherron is Associate Professor of English at Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY), USA where he also coordinates the ESL program. He is a socio/applied linguist whose research interests involve questions about English language learning and teaching in relation to identity, globalization, and teaching policies, particularly in China and the United States.
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