Working in ESL: Perceptions and Realities.

Jiu, Jilly

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ERIC Number: EJ570292

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Working in ESL: Perceptions and Realities.

Jiu, Jilly

American Language Review, v1 n5 p24-26 Nov-Dec 1997

Anecdotal comments by teachers of English as a Second Language at all levels focus on problems in pay equity, working conditions, opportunities for professional development, and part-time teaching assignments. A Washington state survey of adult ESL program administrators echoed many of these problems and also found wide variation in class size. (MSE)

Descriptors: Class Size, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Language Teachers, Part Time Faculty, Salary Wage Differentials, Second Language Instruction, State Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Washington

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