Insight into EFL Teaching and Issues in Asia

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4438-5643-0
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten

This collection offers insight into current issues in teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Asia. University and secondary school teachers and researchers from nine different countries share experiences they have encountered in their English-language courses, offering suggestions for incorporating new methodologies and techniques both in and outside the classroom. Not only is this book filled with valuable teaching techniques that the contributors have found successful, but it also introduces new ways of dealing with various social situations in the classroom. This book is unique in that it offers the perspective of teaching English in Asia, where students often don’t get many opportunities to engage with the language in informal settings.

This book is geared towards university-level instructors and secondary school teachers teaching EFL in Asia, as well as researchers conducting cross-cultural studies which investigate foreign language learning and acquisition in today’s global society. English language teaching has become a booming industry in this region, and with the professionalization of the field comes abundant opportunities for research and informed practices.

This book stands alone in its purpose in generating a current view of the situations which EFL teachers and students in Asia today face. Topics discussed in this volume include action research projects, successful teaching practices, innovative language assistance programs, and issues of autonomy and identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doman, Evelyn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Über Autor(innen)

Doman, Evelyn
Dr Evelyn Doman is the Director of the English Language Centre at the University of Macau. Evelyn received her doctorate in Applied Linguistics from Macquarie University in Sydney, and her undergraduate and Master’s degrees from New York University and the City University of New York, respectively, in the USA. She has been teaching ESL/EFL for her entire adult life, and has taught in teacher training programs in Sri Lanka and in various university English programs in Korea, Japan, the United States and now Macau. Her research interests include focus on form instruction, the developmental stages of language learning, teacher beliefs, writing centers, intercultural communication, and the use of peer tutors in the classroom.

Dr Evelyn Doman is the Director of the English Language Centre at the University of Macau. Evelyn received her doctorate in Applied Linguistics from Macquarie University in Sydney, and her undergraduate and Master’s degrees from New York University and the City University of New York, respectively, in the USA. She has been teaching ESL/EFL for her entire adult life, and has taught in teacher training programs in Sri Lanka and in various university English programs in Korea, Japan, the United States and now Macau. Her research interests include focus on form instruction, the developmental stages of language learning, teacher beliefs, writing centers, intercultural communication, and the use of peer tutors in the classroom.