1st Edition
Ideologies of English in Taiwan’s Language Schools Storying Identity, Power, Privilege and Hope
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Introducing the Researcher & Her Study
2. Establishing a Theoretical Frame
3. Understanding the Taiwanese Context
4. Design of this Qualitative, Multiple Case Study Project
5. Researcher’s Positionality & Key Terms
6. Taiwanese Students (Case 1)
7. Taiwanese Teachers (Case 2)
8. Foreign Teachers with Oppressed Linguistic Identities (Case 3)
9. Foreign Teachers Of Color with Privileged Linguistic Identities (Case 4)
10. White Western Foreign Teachers (Case 5)
11. Cross-Case Analysis & Implications
Index
Biography
Amanda J. Fiore received her PhD in International Education Policy from the University of Maryland in 2023, and was the recipient of a Boren Fellowship to Taiwan in 2022, where she researched the interplay of racial and national identity with ideologies of English in Taiwan’s private English teaching industry. Prior to her doctoral studies she served as a lecturer of research and writing at the University of Maryland, and spent ten years teaching English in Taiwan, China, and South Korea. Her previous research and publications have focused on non-traditional approaches to education, equity and peacebuilding, and the power of stories to create change. She currently lives and works in Washington, D.C.
