A critical ethnography of "Westerners" teaching English in China
Subtitle: Shanghaied in Shanghai
By: Phiona Stanley
Series: Routledge critical studies in Asian education
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780415656221; 9780203078051
Subjects: Study and teaching; Chinese speakers; English language; English teachers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: English teaching in China; title: Theorizing transnationals in China; title: Showing the workings; title: Teachers, training, and teaching; title: Understanding oral English; title: The pressure to be "fun"; title: It's not about English teaching; title: Gendered identities; title: Training outcomes and teacher needs; title: Constructing and maintaining identities; title: Recommendations and reflections.