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Experience of Expatriate English Language Teaching

Wilson David B.
Innbundet / 2025 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781036446031
Publisert
2025-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Høyde
212 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, UP, 06, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
475

Forfatter
Wilson David B.

Om bidragsyterne

David B. Wilson studied History at Cambridge and Applied Linguistics at Lancaster University. His 40-year TEFLing career is notable for its scope and variety, having taught at every level from absolute beginners to very advanced (e.g. academic writing skills for post-graduate students). He has held university lectureships in Finland, Norway and Britain, and was Principal of a recognized language school in Brighton, UK. His ESP teaching and materials production has been primarily in aviation, working for a civil airline and two air forces, latterly training Finnish Air Force mechanics and pilots in how to use the technical manuals for the F18-Hornet. He has published extensively in both applied linguistics (child acquisition of language, discourse analysis, cultural differences in academic rhetoric, ethnomethodology, the Englishization of academe, and error analysis) and in literature (John Donne, William Empson, I. A. Richards, etc.). In addition, he co-authored many textbooks for Finnish schools and an ESP course for university students of economics. His most recent publication is an annotated anthology of poems in English about Finland 1635-2000.

Experience of Expatriate English Language Teaching

Wilson David B.
Innbundet / 2025 / Engelsk
Wilson David B.
Innbundet / 2025 / Engelsk
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'This original, scholarly and consistently entertaining volume … is written with panache and style and displays its remarkable scholarship with a light touch, often enlightened by a wit that is at times playful and at others sardonic. … I have a feeling that it may become a cult classic, especially among those legions of folks who have been TEFLers in their past, are currently toiling in the fields of TEFLdom, and perhaps even those who are contemplating such a future.'John SwalesEmeritus Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan, USA

This is a unique applied linguistic study which demonstrates that the history of TEFLers is very different from the history of TEFL. Instead of studying theories of language learning and teaching, it explores the experience of being a TEFLer through the ages, using a wide range of fictional and fictive sources: novels, plays, biographies, memoirs, essays, and poems. Part One considers the present and recent past through an analysis of 15 fictional works and five memoirs. Part Two is concerned with the experiences of some historical iconic figures from the world of TEFL, beginning with the sixteenth century and ending with figures associated with the British Council and International House. Along the way one meets Victorian governesses, Berlitz teachers, and literary figures from the inter-War 'Golden Age' of travel. Interposed are some of the experiences of the author garnered during his long and varied career as an expatriate TEFLer.
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'This original, scholarly and consistently entertaining volume … is written with panache and style and displays its remarkable scholarship with a light touch, often enlightened by a wit that is at times playful and at others sardonic. … I have a feeling that it may become a cult classic, especially among those legions of folks who have been TEFLers in their past, are currently toiling in the fields of TEFLdom, and perhaps even those who are contemplating such a future.'John SwalesEmeritus Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan, USA

This is a unique applied linguistic study which demonstrates that the history of TEFLers is very different from the history of TEFL. Instead of studying theories of language learning and teaching, it explores the experience of being a TEFLer through the ages, using a wide range of fictional and fictive sources: novels, plays, biographies, memoirs, essays, and poems. Part One considers the present and recent past through an analysis of 15 fictional works and five memoirs. Part Two is concerned with the experiences of some historical iconic figures from the world of TEFL, beginning with the sixteenth century and ending with figures associated with the British Council and International House. Along the way one meets Victorian governesses, Berlitz teachers, and literary figures from the inter-War 'Golden Age' of travel. Interposed are some of the experiences of the author garnered during his long and varied career as an expatriate TEFLer.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781036446031
Publisert
2025-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Høyde
212 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, UP, 06, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
475

Forfatter
Wilson David B.

Om bidragsyterne

David B. Wilson studied History at Cambridge and Applied Linguistics at Lancaster University. His 40-year TEFLing career is notable for its scope and variety, having taught at every level from absolute beginners to very advanced (e.g. academic writing skills for post-graduate students). He has held university lectureships in Finland, Norway and Britain, and was Principal of a recognized language school in Brighton, UK. His ESP teaching and materials production has been primarily in aviation, working for a civil airline and two air forces, latterly training Finnish Air Force mechanics and pilots in how to use the technical manuals for the F18-Hornet. He has published extensively in both applied linguistics (child acquisition of language, discourse analysis, cultural differences in academic rhetoric, ethnomethodology, the Englishization of academe, and error analysis) and in literature (John Donne, William Empson, I. A. Richards, etc.). In addition, he co-authored many textbooks for Finnish schools and an ESP course for university students of economics. His most recent publication is an annotated anthology of poems in English about Finland 1635-2000.

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