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Locating the Nonnative English-Speaking Assistant #650

Sun, Nov 22, 12:50-13:15 JST | Video Playback 20
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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.

Sean Mahoney

Sean Mahoney

Fukushima University
Presenter at JALT 2020, Associate Professor of English at Fukushima University, in Japan for 25 years, conducting nationwide survey on so-called non-native English-speakers (Japanese and non-Japanese) assisting with public primary school English classes.