Color, Race, And English Language Teaching - Shades of Meaning

Klappentext This volume addresses the question, What does it mean to be a TESOL professional of color? Thirteen narratives by TESOL professionals of color are prefaced by an introduction and overview of critical race theory, narrative inquiry, and educational resear Zusammenfassung Brings together Critical Race Theory and narrative inquiry and applies them specifically to an area of experience within the field of TESOL: what does it mean to be a TESOL professional of color? Addressing this question, TESOL professionals of color from all over the world offer accounts of their experiences, responding to two related questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface. A. Curtis! A Brief Introduction to Critical Theory! Narrative Inquiry! and Educational Research. A. Curtis! Dark Matter: Teaching and Learning Between Black and White. S. Nero! An Exceptional Voice: Working as a TESOL Professional of Color. D. Fujimoto! Stores Through Perceptual Frames. C. Chacon! My Journal Into Racial Awareness. A. Lin! From Learning English in a Colony to Working as a Woman TESOL Professional of Color. S. Wong! Perpetual Foreigners: Can an American Be an American? C. Islam! Becoming an English Native: An English TESOL Professional of Color's Experience. M. Stephan! Musings of a Black ESL Instructor. G.T. Sachs! The World Away From Home. A. Govardhan! Teaching English and Ethnic Origin. M. Romney! Not a Real American: Experiences of a Reluctant Ambassador. S. Motha! Out of the Safety Zone. A. Mahboob! Confessions of an enraced TESOL professional. M. Romney! Conclusion.

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• Authors: Andy Curtis, Andy (EDT)/ Romney Curtis
• Assisted by: Andy Curtis (Editor), WITH Andy Curtis (Editor), Curtis Andy (Editor), Mary Romney (Editor), Romney Mary (Editor)
• Publisher: Erlbaum
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2006
• EAN: 9780805856606
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-5660-6
• No. of pages: 205
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Ethnic Studies, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language teaching theory and methods, ELT: teaching theory & methods, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language