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- Title
Gender Gap in the EFL Classroom in East Asia.
- Authors
Kobayashi, Yoko
- Abstract
The present brief discussion is stimulated by recent research publications (Appleby 2013; Hicks 2013; Stanley 2013) on discrimination against female native English speaker teachers in east Asia where native white males have long dominated the English teaching positions at language schools and colleges. Not only the global commodification of native English speakers but also the internationally known male-oriented hiring practices in east Asia and other unexplored factors appear to be working in favor of young male native speakers from the West. The present discussion explores gender gap in the EFL classroom in east Asia from the perspective of global ELT community’s political sensitivity to its professionalism.
- Subjects
EAST Asia; SEX discrimination in education; GENDER differences in education; ENGLISH teachers; ENGLISH language education for foreign speakers in middle schools; EDUCATION; LANGUAGE schools; EMPLOYMENT
- Publication
Applied Linguistics, 2014, Vol 35, Issue 2, p219
- ISSN
0142-6001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/applin/amu008