More Than a Native Speaker, Third Edition An Introduction to Teaching English Abroad

by Snow, Don; Campbell, Maxi-Ann

• ISBN13: 9781942799160
• ISBN10: 1942799160
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-03-10
• Publisher: TESOL Press

Summary

Accelerate your journey from novice to skilled teacher! In this newly updated third edition, learn step-by-step how to effectively teach English abroad. Gain valuable tips and resources for teaching in an unfamiliar educational system, working with students of varying ages and skill levels, and adapting to life in a different culture. Revised and updated with new research findings and suggestions for utilizing current technology and media tools, this text is also accompanied by a website that is packed with hundreds of activity ideas and links to additional teaching and learning resources.

Author Biography

Don Snow holds an MA in English/TESOL from Michigan State University and a PhD in East Asian language and culture from Indiana University. He has taught language, culture, and linguistics for many years in the United States, Taiwan, mainland China, and Hong Kong, and has worked with a number of organizations that send volunteer teachers abroad. At present he is Director of Duke Kunshan University’s Language and Culture Center. Maxi-Ann Campbell received her MA in applied linguistics from Georgia State University. She has taught English and intercultural communication at universities in China, and she has served as a Global Academic Fellow at New York University Shanghai. She currently teaches academic writing at Duke Kunshan University. Her research focuses on native-nonnative speaker interaction in university settings and methods for improving native speakers’ attitudes toward and comprehension of nonnative speech.