Sessions

Locating the Nonnative English-Speaking Assistant

English education in Japan is changing quickly at the primary school level, where homeroom teachers are struggling with English as a full-status, evaluated class. With an awareness that English is not the exclusive property of those born into it, this presentation will focus on an ongoing national survey of over 260 so-called non-native English-speaking assistants, both Japanese and non-Japanese, contrasting results that differ from those in the researcher’s earlier studies with “Inner Circle” ALTs.