English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in East Asia: Global Challenges

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Written by local specialists, this book covers the impact of globalization on language policy, English language teaching and teacher education in ten Asian jurisdictions. It will be an invaluable resource for students, teachers and researchers interested in English language education, teacher education, language policy and sociolinguistics.

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The spread of English is so much an integral part of globalization that it has become an essential global literacy skill. In Asia, this poses immense challenges to governments and English language teaching and teacher education professions as they attempt to meet this demand from students for a high level of English proficiency. This volume examines English language education policies across ten Asian jurisdictions, the corresponding teacher education policies, and how these policies affect teachers and teacher educators. Each chapter covers a different jurisdiction, and is written by a scholar engaged in the implementation of government policies on English language and teacher education, providing the reader with insiders' perspectives. It gives a fascinating glimpse into the remarkable similarities in the challenges posed to these countries and the critical issues that have emerged from the local responses despite their markedly different socioeconomic, political, cultural and historical backgrounds.

Author Biography

Amy Bik May Tsui is Professor Emerita at the Faculty of Education in The University of Hong Kong. She has published extensively on ESL teaching and learning and teacher education, discourse analysis and language policy. This is her second edited volume focusing on Asia; the first one, co-edited with James Tollefson in 2007, was on language policy in eleven Asian countries. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education by University of Edinburgh in 2015.

Table of Contents

1. Glocalization and grobalization: Critical issues in English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in East Amy Bik May Tsui; 2. Concepts of globalization and English language teacher education in Singapore Rita Elaine Silver and Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng; 3. Learning to teach English in Hong Kong: transformation and tensions over two decades of English language teacher education policy Gary James Harfitt; 4. Meeting national needs in English language teacher education: global perspectives in Malaysian initiatives Wei Keong Too, Malachi Edwin Vethamani and Muhammad Kamarul Kabilan; 5. English teacher education in post-colonial Philippines Maria Luz C. Vilches; 6. China going global: challenges and responses in English as a foreign language teaching and teacher education Qiufang Wen and Hong Zhang; 7. English education reform, teacher education, and the Tokyo Olympics: perfect timing? Tatsuhiro Yoshida; 8. English language teacher education in South Korea: changes and challenges Sang-Keun Shin; 9. Preparing English teachers in the twenty-first century: the case of Taiwan Hsi-nan Yeh and Chiou-lan Chern; 10. English language teacher education in Thailand: a mix of global and local Richard Watson Todd and Pornapit Darasawang; 11. Interrogating troubling issues in Vietnam's English language teacher education Hai Ha Vu and Phan Le Ha.

Review

'This outstanding volume provides a timely and insightful account of the status of English language teaching and teacher education in the East Asian region. The contributors present a comprehensive and critical account of the issues posed by language education policies in the region and how these are addressed through curriculum and teacher education practices.' Jack C. Richards, University of Sydney'Not just the 'four tigers' but other East Asian nations are facing the challenge to develop a language policy that meets global and local needs. This book, edited by a leading Hong Kong scholar, reviews and analyzes the problems faced and the pressure of hegemonic English.' Bernard Spolsky, Professor emeritus, Bar-Ilan University

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This book uncovers the challenges posed by globalization to Asian jurisdictions in English language teaching and teacher education.

Details ISBN1108790593 Author Amy Bik May Tsui Pages 255 Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Cambridge Education Research Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781108790598 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-03-07 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Global Challenges and Local Responses Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9781108479714 Edited by Amy Bik May Tsui DEWEY 428.007105 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Audience Professional & Vocational UK Release Date 2024-03-07 ISBN-10 1108790593 We've got this

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