Surviving as an English Teacher in the West: A Case Study of Iranian English Teachers in Australia

Autor/in	Fotovatian, Sepideh
Titel	Surviving as an English Teacher in the West: A Case Study of Iranian English Teachers in Australia
Quelle	In: TESL-EJ, 13 (2010) 4, (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-4303
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Professional Recognition; Social Integration; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Language Teachers; Second Language Learning; Case Studies; Profiles; Graduate Students; Foreign Students; Self Concept; Intercultural Communication; Qualitative Research; Communication Strategies; Australia; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Soziale Integration; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Selbstkonzept; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Qualitative Forschung; Kommunikationsstrategie; Australien
Abstract	This paper provides an account of social integration and professional recognition of non-English-speaking-background (NESB) teachers of English in Australia. The case study profiles two Iranian postgraduate students of English teaching in an Australian university and describes their struggle to construct a social and professional identity. The students' intercultural interaction strategies within their academic and professional community are explored and compared with those of their native colleagues. This paper emerged from a larger-scale qualitative study on identification of second language interaction strategies of postgraduate international students in Australia. The discussions can help Iranian English teachers to gain a foretaste of the ongoing struggles they may face as nonnative English teachers in English-speaking countries. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	TESL-EJ. e-mail: editor@tesl-ej.org; Web site: http://tesl-ej.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10