ERIC Number: ED662899
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Dec-10
Pages: 298
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ISBN: 978-1-80041-634-5
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Black Teachers of English(es) in Japan: Transnational, Professional and Pedagogical Encounters. New Perspectives on Language and Education
Gregory Paul Glasgow
Multilingual Matters
This book examines the pedagogical and professional experiences of a transnational group of teachers from the African continent and diaspora who made the decision to live and teach English in Japan. Through a layered analytical framework, it explores how these teachers struggle to negotiate their raciolinguistic identities in contexts that may prove to be professionally supportive in some cases but marginalizing in others. The author contends that although multiculturalism and diversity within ELT in Japan may currently seem to be more prevalent, the agency that Black teachers exercise in promoting their own cultures and language varieties may be constrained depending on the characteristics of the institutions in which they teach. The issues raised in this volume will be relevant to educators, administrators, curriculum and materials developers, and researchers committed to promoting equity, racial harmony and intercultural understanding in language education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, Language Teachers, Minority Groups, Teacher Characteristics, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Experience, Teacher Attitudes, Overseas Employment, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity, Professional Autonomy, African Culture, Language Variation, Institutional Characteristics, Race, Self Concept, Cultural Awareness
Multilingual Matters. Available from: Channel View Publications Ltd. St. Nicholas House, 31-34 High Street, Bristol, BS1 2AW, UK. Tel: +44 117 3158562; Fax: +44 117 3158563; e-mail: info@channelviewpublications.com; Web site: http://www.multilingual-matters.com
Publication Type: Books; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan; Africa
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