Many universities in Mainland China hire native-speaking teachers of English annually to teach English writing. Having been trained in Western Europe or North America, these native-speaking teachers of English are on the front line of global education contact zones as they introduce their writing instruction in an English as a foreign language…

Reports on the writing and teaching experiences of nine Western-trained Chinese Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) professionals in China. Findings show that participants were all conscious of their biliterate/bicultural intellectual identity. Most participants were persistent in promoting a direct and linear English approach…