Will inequalities bring equalities? Examining the socioculturally symbolic value of the Native Speaker Teacher Scheme (NET) in Hong Kong

Will inequalities bring equalities? Examining the socioculturally symbolic value of the Native Speaker Teacher Scheme (NET) in Hong Kong

• Luk, J. C. M.

1999

World Congress of Applied Linguistics (1999: Tokyo, Japan)

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MI Teachers from Mainland China, Teacher from Foreign Countries, Expatriate English Language Teacher Pilot Scheme
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language

Teaching and Learning Native Speaker Teacher

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

As native English teachers have been employed in secondary schools since 1997 and they are remunerated with a more attractive package than that given to local teachers, the author argues that this will cause inequalities between the local teachers and the expatriates, but then students are provided with equal access to symbolic linguistic and cultural capital.

• English

Conference Papers

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/73a760ce

2010-09-22