An Autoethnography of a Novice ESL Teacher - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Autoethnography of a Novice ESL Teacher write by Kevin Lemberger. This book was released on 2017. An Autoethnography of a Novice ESL Teacher available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This autoethnography documents the author's one-year experience teaching English in Honjo, Japan. The author details daily life in the public schools and introduces World Englishes. Chapter 1 includes definitions and examples of autoethnography as well as the author's background, which qualified him for employment in Japan. Chapter 2 is a literature review of research on varieties of English and how they are evolving and being used in classrooms in Japan. The author suggests that Baudrillard's simulation and Plato's Allegory of the Cave provide a framework for analyzing current teaching methods and materials being used in the national core curriculum in Japan. Communicative language teaching is defined, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) policy related to the teaching of English is detailed. The importance of multimodal literacies in English learning is highlighted. Autoethnography is discussed afterwards. Chapter 3 is a literacy narrative and an autoethnography describing the author's experiences living in rural Japan and teaching at three elementary schools, integrating into a culture different from his own. Chapter 4 is the author's discussion of what he learned from his experiences teaching in Japan and how this has shaped his current teaching philosophy. Chapter 5 includes (1) the limitations of the study, (2) suggestions for those preparing to teach in Japan, (3) recommendations for future research, (4) implications for teaching, (5) the value of autoethnography, and (6) final reflections"--Leaf iv.
"Don't Wake Me, My Desk is Far Too Comfortable"
"Don't Wake Me, My Desk is Far Too Comfortable" - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook "Don't Wake Me, My Desk is Far Too Comfortable" write by Delaney Holland. This book was released on 2015. "Don't Wake Me, My Desk is Far Too Comfortable" available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This thesis explores and analyzes a first year ESL teacher's experience teaching at an all-girl's private school in Nishinomiya, Japan. Chapter 3 is divided into 15 sections that tell the teacher's story of living and teaching in Japan. This chapter includes description, dialogue, concurrent diary excerpts, photos, and theory. Chapter 4 analyzes these experiences and discusses the lessons the author learned while reflecting on her teaching in Japan. The main lesson learned was the importance of practicing cultural relativity--that is, opening one's mind and realizing that there is more than one way to live, teach, and see the world. Chapter 5 compiles all the theory the author studied while attending graduate school, concluding with what she will bring from both her experiences in Japan and in graduate school into her current ESL classrooms"--Leaf iv.
A Novice ESL Teacher's Experience of Language Learning in France
A Novice ESL Teacher's Experience of Language Learning in France - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Novice ESL Teacher's Experience of Language Learning in France write by Christopher Ryan. This book was released on 2012. A Novice ESL Teacher's Experience of Language Learning in France available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This thesis combines diary study with autoethnography to report an MATESL candidate's study abroad experience as an advanced learner of French. The writer summarizes language-learning experiences in Quebec and France while focusing on his second study abroad experience in France, where he encountered an educational system that was inconsistent with his training as a language teacher and his learning style as a language learner. He discusses challenges he faced in a language institute he was required to enroll in before he could matriculate in the university. Rote memorization and test preparation were the primary focuses of two classes, but the other three were more engaging. The author contrasts his teaching philosophy with the learning arrangements he experienced in his third study abroad experience. He concludes with a discussion of what he learned from the experience and how the learning environment influenced his future practices as a language teacher"--Document.
Teaching in Hagwons in South Korea
Teaching in Hagwons in South Korea - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Teaching in Hagwons in South Korea write by Brittany Courser. This book was released on 2020. Teaching in Hagwons in South Korea available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This research project is the bi-literacy narrative and autoethnography of a novice English teacher working in hagwons in South Korea. In this autoethnography, she traces her growth as a teacher and her interest in applying Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) to educate young South Korean children ages 8-13. It is a collection of 13 written artifacts collected during the master's program at Eastern Washington University as well as concurrent and retrospective journal entries documenting her experiences in South Korea and three sample lessons she designed in her curriculum seminar and on lessons co-created by her and her thesis chair and internship supervisor. Through this bi-literacy narrative and autoethnographic study, the author traces her path to becoming an ESL Teacher and a citizen of the world. This autoethnographic writing documents the author's two-year experiences teaching English in Gwangju, South Korea. The author explores the history and meaning of hagwons and how those for-profit schools affect the daily life of South Korean students and of the foreign teachers who teach them. Chapter 1 includes examples of autoethnography, narrative inquiry, and culturally responsive teaching, as well as the author's background, which qualified her for employment in South Korea. Chapter 2 is a literature review about (1) the history of teaching English in South Korea, particularly in hagwons, (2) teacher identity, and (3) autoethnography. The author suggests that test-taking often results in a culture of competitiveness and insecurity among young students. Chapter 3 is a literacy narrative and an autoethnography that describes how the author's early experiences drove her to a career in teaching. Chapter 4 is a collection of written artifacts that commemorates her experiences working at two different hagwons and her two years of graduate studies in the United States. Chapter 5 discusses the assumptions and research questions, as stated in Chapter 1 of this thesis. Chapter 6 includes the final reflections and conclusion"--Leaf iii.
Teaching Autoethnography
Teaching Autoethnography - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Teaching Autoethnography write by Melissa Tombro. This book was released on 2016-04-29. Teaching Autoethnography available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Teaching Autoethnography: Personal Writing in the Classroom is dedicated to the practice of immersive ethnographic and autoethonographic writing that encourages authors to participate in the communities about which they write. This book draws not only on critical qualitative inquiry methods such as interview and observation, but also on theories and sensibilities from creative writing and performance studies, which encourage self-reflection and narrative composition. Concepts from qualitative inquiry studies, which examine everyday life, are combined with approaches to the creation of character and scene to help writers develop engaging narratives that examine chosen subcultures and the author's position in relation to her research subjects. The book brings together a brief history of first-person qualitative research and writing from the past forty years, examining the evolution of nonfiction and qualitative approaches in relation to the personal essay. A selection of recent student writing in the genre as well as reflective student essays on the experience of conducting research in the classroom is presented in the context of exercises for coursework and beyond. Also explored in detail are guidelines for interviewing and identifying subjects and techniques for creating informed sketches and images that engage the reader. This book provides approaches anyone can use to explore their communities and write about them first-hand. The methods presented can be used for a single assignment in a larger course or to guide an entire semester through many levels and varieties of informed personal writing.
