Deconstructing 'Mono'-Lingualism: considerations of value for 'English' 'language' education in a global setting.
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Pilcher, N., & Richards, K. (2014)
Deconstructing 'Mono'-Lingualism: considerations of value for 'English' 'language' education in a global setting. In L. T. Wong, & A. Dubey-Jhaveri (Eds.), English language education in a global world: practices, issues and challenges, 81-90. Nova Science Publishers
Traditionally, language speakers are categorised as mono-lingual, bilingual, or multilingual. It is traditionally assumed in English language education that the ‘lingual’ is s...
A critical ethnography of 'Westerners' teaching English in China: Shanghaied in Shanghai
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Stanley, P. (2013)
A critical ethnography of 'Westerners' teaching English in China: Shanghaied in Shanghai. Taylor & Francis
Tens of thousands of Western ‘teachers’, many of whom would not be considered teachers elsewhere, are employed to teach English in public and private education in China. Littl...