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Trent, John

Language Teacher Education in a Multilingual Context

Trent, John - Language Teacher Education in a Multilingual Context, ebook

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Table of contents

1. Introduction
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

Part I. Being a Teacher in Multilingual Hong Kong: Motivation and Challenges

2. It Is Not a Bad Idea for Me to Be a Language Teacher!
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

3. Cross-Border Pre-service Teachers in Hong Kong: Identity and Integration
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

4. Journeys Towards Teaching: Pre-service English Language Teachers’ Understandings and Experiences of Teaching and Teacher Education in Hong Kong
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

Part II. Being a Teacher in Multilingual Hong Kong: Culture, Commitment, and Recruitment

5. Language Teachers and the Falling Language Standards in Hong Kong: An Internet-Based Inquiry
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

6. A Comparative Study on Commitment to Teaching
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

7. The Construction and Reconstruction of Teacher Identities: The Case of Second Career English Language Teachers in Hong Kong
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

Part III. Being a Teacher in Multilingual Hong Kong: The Role of International Forces

8. Learning, Teaching, and Constructing Identities Abroad: ESL Pre-service Teacher Experiences During a Short-Term International Experience Programme
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

9. Identity Construction in a Foreign Land: Native-Speaking English Teachers and the Contestation of Teacher Identities in Hong Kong Schools
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

Part IV. Being a Teacher in Multilingual Hong Kong: Language and Politics

10. Political Conspiracy or Decoy Marketing?: Experienced Chinese Teachers’ Perceptions of Using Putonghua as a Medium of Instruction in Hong Kong
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

11. An Ethico-political Analysis of Teacher Identity Construction
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

12. Conclusion: Crossing Boundaries and Becoming English Language Teachers in Multilingual Contexts
John Trent, Xuesong Gao, Mingyue Gu

Keywords: Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Language Education, Applied Linguistics

Author(s)
 
 
Publisher
Springer
Publication year
2014
Language
en
Edition
2014
Series
Multilingual Education
Page amount
10 pages
Category
Upbringing, Education
Format
Ebook
eISBN (PDF)
9789400773929

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