Native-Speakerism in Japan - Intergroup Dynamics in Foreign Language Education

The relative status of native and non-native speaker language teachers within educational institutions has long been an issue worldwide but until recently, the voices of teachers articulating their own concerns have been rare. This innovative volume explores language-based forms of prejudice against native-speaker teachers.

About the author

Stephanie A. Houghton is an Associate Professor in Intercultural Communication at Saga University, Japan. She holds a PhD in Education from Durham University, UK. She is author of Intercultural Dialogue in Practice, co-author of Developing Criticality through Foreign Language Education (with Etsuko Yamada), and co-editor of Becoming Intercultural: Inside and Outside the Classroom (with Yau Tsai).
Damian J. Rivers holds an MSc in Social Psychology, an MA in Applied Linguistics, and a PhD in Applied Linguistics/Sociolinguistics from the University of Leicester, UK. He is currently an Associate Professor at Osaka University and undertakes research into intergroup dynamics in foreign language education.

Summary

The relative status of native and non-native speaker language teachers within educational institutions has long been an issue worldwide but until recently, the voices of teachers articulating their own concerns have been rare. This innovative volume explores language-based forms of prejudice against native-speaker teachers.

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie Ann Houghton
• Assisted by: Stephanie Ann Houghton (Editor), Damian J Rivers (Editor), Damian J. Rivers (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.02.2013
• EAN: 9781847698698
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-869-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 211 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Multilingual Matters; Multilingual Matters
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work