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1、AcasestudyonforeignEnglishteachers’challengesinTaiwaneseelementaryschools 作者： [2010-12-14:27:25] 【字体：大中小】自动滚屏（右键暂停） AcasestudyonforeignEnglishteachers’challengesinTaiwaneseelementaryschoolsAbstract：WiththespreadofEnglishasthegloballanguage,manypeoplefromEnglish-sp
2、eakingcountriesgotoforeignlandtoworkasEnglishteachers.Areviewoftheliteraturerevealsthatthereislittleresearchontheseteachers’teaching-abroadexperiences.Thecurrentstudyisanattempttoaddressthisgapintheliterature.Situatedinaninterculturalteam-teachingprograminTaiwan,thisstudy
3、documentsthemanychallengesthatthreeSouthAfricanteachersfaced.Thedatasuggestthatonecommonchallengeisdoubtsontheiraccents.Theyalsoconfrontedvariousproblems,includinghavingtoteachsomethingtheywerenotfamiliarwith,managingmisbehavedstudents,andteachinglargeclasses.Thestudycall
4、sforabetterpreparationforforeignEnglishteachersbeforetheybegintheirteachingassignments.Keywords:ForeignEnglishteachers;Teaching-abroadexperiences1.IntroductionInterculturalteamteaching,definedbyCarless(2006)asteamteachingbetweennativeEnglish-speakingteachers(NESTs)andloca
5、lEnglishteachers,isacommonteachingarrangementacrossAsia.Large-scaleschemes,suchasJET(JapanExchangeandTeachingProgram)inJapanandEPIK(EnglishPrograminKorea)inKorea,arewelldocumentedintheliterature(e.g.,[AlineandHosoda,2006],[Crooks,2001]and[Park,2007]).Thecurrentstudyissitu
6、atedinasimilarcontext,i.e.,HsinchuCityofTaiwan,whereforeignEnglishteachershavebeenhiredtopracticeteamteachingwithlocalEnglishteachersinallthepublicelementaryschoolssince2001(referredtoastheHsinchuProgramhereafter).Whilemanystudieshavedocumentedhowteamteachingispracticedbe
7、tweenthesetwogroupsofteachers(e.g.,[Luo,2006]and[Luo,2007]),teamteachers’voicesarerarelyheard.EvenrarerisadocumentationofforeignEnglishteachers’experiencesinthelocalcontext.Thecurrentstudy,basedontheexperiencesofthreeforeignEnglishteachersworkingintheHsinchuProgram,isanef
8、forttooffersuchanaccount.2.LiteraturereviewInthepastdecade,thefieldofEnglishlanguageteachinghasw
