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The NNEST Lens: Non Native English Speakers in TESOL
Editor: Ahmar Mahboob
Date Of Publication: Apr 2010
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-1911-4
Isbn: 1-4438-1911-5

About the book

The NNEST Lens invites you to imagine how the field of TESOL and applied linguistics can develop if we use the multilingual, multicultural, and multinational perspectives of a NNEST (Non Native English Speakers in TESOL) lens to re-examine our assumptions, practices, and theories in the field. The NNEST lens as described in and developed through this volume is a lens of multilingualism, multinationalism, and multiculturalism through which NNESTs and NESTs—as classroom practitioners, researchers, and teacher educators—take diversity as a starting point in their understanding and practice of their profession. The 16 original contributions to this volume include chapters that question theoretical frameworks and research approaches used in studies in applied linguistics and TESOL, as well as chapters that share strategies and approaches to classroom teaching, teacher education, and education management and policy. As such, this volume will be of interest to a wide range of students, practitioners, researchers, and academics in the fields of education and linguistics.

About the editor

Ahmar Mahboob is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. Ahmar has published on a range of topics including: language teaching, teacher education, language policy, educational linguistics, and World Englishes. Ahmar is the co-editor of Questioning Linguistics with Naomi Knight (2008), Studies in Applied Linguistics and Language Learning with Caroline Lipovsky (2009), and Appliable Linguistics with Naomi Knight (in press for 2010). Ahmar is the Associate Editor of the journal Linguistics and the Human Sciences.

Endorsements for the volume

“In its relatively short history, the NNEST movement has shown us how to be better teachers, more respectful colleagues, and fairer employers. The NNEST Lens further expands the scope of NNEST research and challenges long established assumptions, causing us to reconsider notions of norms and voice, and indeed how we should teach English as it continues to be claimed by diverse users for diverse purposes. Mahboob has made a significant contribution to the field.”

—Brock Brady, President 2010–2011, TESOL

“Over the years, Ahmar Mahboob has made a lasting contribution to the nonnative speaker movement. His doctoral dissertation titled “Status of nonnative English-speaking teachers in the United States” was one of the first to explore the nonnative speaker issue in English language teaching, and he later became an energetic Chair of the Nonnative Speaker Caucus within the TESOL organization. Now, with the publication of the The NNEST Lens, Mahboob has made another significant contribution to the nonnative speaker movement. The anthology consists of both research studies and critical essays and provides an opportunity for both experienced and novice scholars to contribute to a common cause. For years to come, The NNEST Lens will prove to be a valuable resource for researchers and scholars in applied linguistics.”

—Prof. George Braine, Chinese University of Hong Kong

"A quality item has been added to the ever-growing collection of books and papers on this topic."

--Prof Peter Medgyes, Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest

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