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Using Non-native English Speaking Teachers as a Teaching Resource in Elementary School English Activities. [PDF]

, 2008
In 2002, it became officially possible to teach English conversation in Japanʼs elementary schools. As of 2005, approximately 94% of all elementary schools now offer the class.
宮曽根, 美香, Aizawa, Marie, アイザワ, マリエ, Miyasone, Mika, ミヤソネ, ミカ, 會澤, まりえ   +5 more
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Native-English-Speaking Teachers: Disconnections between theory, research, and practice [PDF]

, 2020
Native‐English‐speaking teachers (NESTs) have long been in demand for perceived benefits of the skills they bring to the classroom. However, the notion that native speakers provide the best models of the target language and thus make the best teachers of
Mann, Steve, Sue Garton, Garton, Sue, Mann, Steve J., Copland, Fiona, Steve Mann, Fiona Copland   +6 more
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National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experiences and perceptions of nonnative-speaker teacher trainees on a TESOL programme in New Zealand [PDF]

, 2009
This paper reports research which focussed on a group of non-native speakers of English who had completed an entry-level TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) qualification in a tertiary institution in New Zealand.
Edwards, Susan
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‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differences Between Native English-Speaking Teachers and Their Non-Native Counterparts When Evaluating Pronunciation

Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2020
This article is a small-scale qualitative study whose objective was to identify differences between the way in which native English teachers and their non-native Chilean counterparts assess pronunciation.
Mauricio Arcaya
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The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide, Linda Harrison, Sandie Wong, Frances Press, Belinda Davis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Team teaching: four barriers to native English speaking assistant teachers' ability to model native English in Japanese classrooms [PDF]

, 2014
In Japan and other countries around Asia and the world, local English teachers sometimes instruct their students by sharing teaching duties with native English speaking assistant teachers.
Sutherland, S.
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Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn, Lana Battaglia, Lorana Bartels, Susan Dennison, Susy Harrigan, Lee Huggins, Sofia Grage‐Moore   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Native and Non-native English Teachers' Perceptions of their Professional Identity: Convergent or Divergent? [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2016
There is still a preference for native speaker teachers in the language teaching profession, which is supposed to influence the self-perceptions of native and nonnative teachers.
Zia Tajeddin, Aylar Adeh
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