From their own voices: Nonnative English speaker students' opportunities for practical teaching experience in an MA TESOL program
Ahn, Jeehae
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Description
Title
From their own voices: Nonnative English speaker students' opportunities for practical teaching experience in an MA TESOL program
Author(s)
Ahn, Jeehae
Issue Date
2001
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Noffke, Susan
Department of Study
Linguistics
Discipline
Teaching English as a Second Language
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Keyword(s)
Teaching English as Second Language
Language
eng
Abstract
This study centers on exploring NNS students' perceptions of their experience in an MA TESOL program. In particular, the study addresses the issue of perceived inequity between NS and NNS students in terms of their access to the practical part of the program, i.e., their opportunities to have guided practice teaching experience while studying in the program. Through the combined use of surveys and focus groups, the study captures NNS students' voices, which have rarely been heard before, as they talk about the problems they confronted as NNS TESOL students, render their opinions on the issue of NS-NNS dichotomy and discuss the nature of such problems. The findings unveil the complexity of issues--conceptual, contextual and political--surrounding NS-NNS dichotomy and NNS students' access to teaching in the MA TESOL program. Several suggestions are made to foster a supportive environment in which NNS students can develop and refine their strengths and potentials together with their NS peers as legitimate members of the program.
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