Teaching English as an International Language

Phan Le Ha has recently been appointed Associate Professor of Education in the College of Education, The University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA, after nearly a decade lecturing in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia. Her research interests include International Education, English as an International Language, Identity Studies, and Academic Writing.

• Acknowledgements Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Language, Culture and Identity Chapter 3 - The Politics of English as an International Language and English Language Teaching Chapter 4 - Identity Formation: Negotiations of Apparently Contradictory Roles and Selves Chapter 5 - Identity Formation: The Teacher and the Politics of ELT Chapter 6 - An EIL Teacher’s Identity Formation Chapter 7 - Teacher Identity and The Teaching of English as an International Language References

This is an interesting and insightful book that uses both Western and Vietnamese theoretical resources to underscore the importance of understanding the shifting professional identities of a group of Vietnamese ESL teachers, as they struggle to come to terms with competing pressures, both national and transnational. It shows that these teachers stand at the vanguard of a new era in which English represents the possibilities of greater intercultural understanding but also a hegemonic globalism that poses the risks of marginalizing other languages and cultural traditions.