Teaching and learning English in East Asian universities : global visions and local practices / edited by David D. Qian and Lan Li.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Qian, David D., editor.

Li, Lan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Arab countries.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Arabic speakers.

English language--Study and teaching--Middle East.

English language--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 25 chapters contained in this book were all written by scholars working in the field of applied linguistics and English language teaching in various East Asian contexts. East Asia is large and diverse in terms of socio-economic, linguistic, and ethnic parameters. Statistics alone cannot give a clear understanding of what goes on in rural and urban universities and what challenges English language teachers and learners face in those contexts. To understand this wide gamut of issues in Engl...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; SECTION 1; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; SECTION 2; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; SECTION 3; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; SECTION 4; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CHAPTER TWENTY; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE; SECTION 5; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 15, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6864-7

OCLC:

892799132