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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Mainstream Peers Try on English Language Learners' Shoes: A Shock Language Experience.
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Kubota, Ryuko; Gardner, Kirsten; Patten, Mary; Thatcher-Fettig, Cynthia; Yoshida, Michiko – TESOL Journal, 2000
Describes a shock language activity exercise that gives mainstream students a realistic taste of the challenges faced by their English language learning peers and a greater respect for linguistic and cultural differences. The activity transforms the typical U.S. classroom into a typical Japanese classroom. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict
Globalization and Language Learning in Rural Japan: The Role of English in the Local Linguistic Ecology
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Kubota, Ryuko; McKay, Sandra – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2009
Drawing on a study of current language use in a rural community in Japan, we question to what extent English actually does serve today as a lingua franca in multilingual, internationally diverse communities. Specifically, we report on a critical ethnography of a small Japanese community with a growing number of non-English-speaking immigrants,…
Descriptors: Role, Multilingualism, Ethnography, Global Approach
Race and TESOL: Introduction to Concepts and Theories
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Kubota, Ryuko; Lin, Angel – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2006
The field of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) brings people from various racialized backgrounds together in teaching, learning, and research. The idea of race, racialization, and racism are inescapable topics that arise in the contact zones created by teaching English worldwide and thus are valid topics to explore in the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Race, Racial Bias