Writers in this volume discuss the nature of gender and identity, along with their complex interactions with age, race, language, and culture in TESOL classrooms. The issues raised will interest all TESOL practitioners and advance professional understanding and practice. Writers describe their teaching context and analyze its distinctive features: the particular demands of their context, the issues they have encountered, how they have effectively addressed the issues, what they have learned. Each case study also offers readers practical suggestions--developed from teaching experience--to adapt and apply to their own teaching.
The volume is divided as follows:
- Part 1: Teaching for Change
- Part 2: Student Voices
- Part 3: Innovations for All
- Part 4: Insights from Japan
Authors: Bonny Norton and Aneta Pavlenko
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Acknowledgments
Series Editor's Preface
CHAPTER 1: Gender and English Language Learners:Challenges and Possibilities (PDF)
PART 1: TEACHING FOR CHANGE
CHAPTER 2: Beyond Straight Grammar: Using Lesbian/Gay Themesto Explore Cultural Meanings
Cynthia D. Nelson
CHAPTER 3: Gender, Sexual Harassment, and the International Teaching Assistant
Diana Boxer and Andrea Tyler
CHAPTER 4: Feminist Composition Pedagogies in ESL Tutoring
Jay Jordan
PART 2: STUDENT VOICES
CHAPTER 5: Investigating the Male Voice in a Malaysian ESL Classroom
Subra Govindasamy and Maya Khemlani David
CHAPTER 6: Speaking in Silence: A Case Study of a Canadian Punjabi Girl
Allyson Julé
PART 3: INNOVATIONS FOR ALL
CHAPTER 7: Opportunities for Girls: A CommunityLibrary Project in Uganda
Kate Parry
GENDER AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
CHAPTER 8: Creating a Community of Difference: Understanding Gender and Race in a High School ESL Antidiscrimination Camp
Lisa Taylor
CHAPTER 9: Explorations of Language and Gender in a Graduate Technology Course
Sarah Rilling and Rebecca Biles
PART 4: INSIGHTS FROM JAPAN
CHAPTER 10: Transforming Emerging Feminist Identities: A Course on Gender and Language Issues
Andrea Simon-Maeda
CHAPTER 11: Promoting Critical Reflection About Gender in EFL Classes at a Japanese University
Scott Saft and Yumiko Ohara
CHAPTER 12: Critical Feminist Engagement in the EFL Classroom: From Supplement to Staple (PDF)
Tamarah Cohen
References
Index
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