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

English · Hardback

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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.


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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

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