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Shifting from Native-Speakerism to Trans-Speakerism: A Trioethnography of Language Teachers in Japan
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Hiratsuka, Takaaki; Nall, Matthew; Castellano, Joachim – TESL-EJ, 2023
Native-speakerism is an ideology that endows those classified as native English-speaking teachers (NESTs) the owners of the English language, the ideal models of its use, and the pedagogical experts in language teaching. These endowments, in turn, intrinsically devalue those classified as non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) (Holliday,…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Key Issues Impeding the Integration of International Faculty at Japanese Universities
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Chen, Lilan – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2022
The study is devoted to identifying the key issues impeding the integration of international faculty at Japanese universities via a qualitative approach. Semi-structured interviews with 40 international faculty hired in Japanese universities with various backgrounds were conducted. The interview data were analyzed based on a three-stage coding…
Descriptors: Intergroup Relations, College Faculty, Foreign Nationals, Teacher Attitudes
Managing Faculty in Transnational Higher Education: Expatriate Academics at International Branch Campuses
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Wilkins, Stephen; Neri, Selina – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2019
The purpose of this research is to identify the challenges and issues associated with managing expatriate academics at international branch campuses, and to analyze the strategies that have been, or could be, implemented to overcome these challenges and issues. The data used in this study came from an online survey questionnaire that was completed…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Workers, Multicampus Colleges, College Administration
Translingual Practice in L2 Japanese: Workplace Narratives
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Menard-Warwick, Julia; Leung, Genevieve – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2017
Translingual practice is an emergent theoretical perspective which emphasizes the capacity and disposition for meaning-making across linguistic boundaries. Following on studies of globalized workplaces that have focused on lingua franca English, this article explores translingual practice as represented in interview and blog narratives recounted…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Interviews, Multilingualism
Paving the Way and Passing the Torch: Mentors' Motivation and Experience of Supporting Women in Optical Engineering
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Kodate, Naonori; Kodate, Kashiko; Kodate, Takako – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
The phenomenon of women's underrepresentation in engineering is well known. However, the slow progress in achieving better gender equality here compared with other domains has accentuated the "numbers" issue, while the quality aspects have been largely ignored. This study aims to shed light on both these aspects via the lens of mentors,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Mentors
A Case Study of Conflict in an Educational Workplace: Managing Personal and Cultural Differences
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Torpey, Michael John – Teachers College Record, 2006
This article is about conflict in an educational workplace setting. It reports on a case study investigating the emergence, development, and management of conflict among diverse native English speakers working as language instructors within a Japanese university. The example of conflict presented, which deals with divergent assumptions about the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Differences, Work Environment, Native Speakers