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Teaching English in Taiwan: issues of inequality and low motivation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2002

Aiden Yeh
Aiden Yeh
Affiliation:
National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
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Abstract

A discussion of the impact of parental demand on the terms of employment of imported native-speaking and local non-native-speaking teachers in private language schools.

As more and more parents realize the importance of learning the language at an early stage, the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to young learners has become a lucrative adventure for Taiwanese entrepreneurs. Taiwanese students and parents alike represent a stable and growing market, at least for now. The demand for both Native Speaking (NS) and Non-Native Speaking (NNS) teachers is also on the rise and can certainly be attributed to the flourishing EFL industry in Taiwan. However, there is a distinctively huge difference in the pay and reward policies and practices for the two kinds of teacher. This article touches on relatively sensitive issues concerning NS/NNS as EFL teachers and as members of staff.

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English Today , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , October 2002 , pp. 50 - 52
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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