Bookcover of Rethinking Native-English-Speaking Instructors
Booktitle:
Rethinking Native-English-Speaking Instructors
A Case Study of Native-English-Speaking (NES) Instructors Teaching English Writing in a University in China
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
(2013-05-03
)
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ISBN-13:
978-3-659-37518-7
ISBN-10:
3659375187
EAN:
9783659375187
Book language:
English
Blurb/Shorttext:
It is a wild hold myth that native-English-speaking (NES) language instructors are capable of teaching English writing in non-native English speaking environment. By providing a glimpse of how NES instructors teaching English writing in a Chinese university, the study leads to a rethinking of hiring NES instructors as English writing instructors in China. As one of the first few studied expatriate NES instructors' writing instruction in depth, the study has significant implications in EFL writing field for understanding the expertise of expatriate NES instructors, for selecting qualified NES instructors and supporting them. English instruction policymakers, school administrators in EFL context, NES instructors who want to teach in non-English-speaking countries and areas will find the book informative and helpful.