Claire Kramsch and Lihua Zhang use an ecological approach and a complexity thought model to examine the identities, experiences, and practices of foreign language teachers as native or non-native speakers, multilingual instructors, and professional educators. What is their sense of legitimacy? How do they bridge the historical and cultural gaps between them and their students? What stories do they share in the classroom? Which do they not share? How do they view their ethical responsibility?
Title: The Multilingual Instructor: What foreign language teachers say about their experience and why it matters (Oxford Applied Linguistics)
Author: Zhang, Lihua,Kramsch, Claire
ISBN: 9780194217378
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2017-12-28
Number of Pages: 264
Weight: 0.4201 kg
In this landmark publication, Kramsch and Zhang show us the challenges facing the multilingual instructor and the importance of understanding their experiences in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning as transformative practices. The ecological framework provides a very useful model for future studies, while the attention to the ethical role of the multilingual instructor is a timely reminder to us all . * Li Wei, Chair of Applied Linguistics, UCL Institute of Education *